Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 15, 2012No. A11A1615Published

1Opinion of the Court

726 S.E.2d 455 (2012)

314 Ga. App. 816

HARRIS

v.

The STATE.

No. A11A1615.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 15, 2012.

John E. Harris, pro se.

Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor-General, Christopher S. Lanning, Thomas J. Campbell, Assistant Solicitors-General, for appellee.

McFADDEN, Judge.

John E. Harris appeals the denial of his motion for directed verdict of acquittal in his prosecution for misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer. In order to affirm on this record, we would be required to hold that any refusal to cooperate, even the peaceable assertion of constitutional rights, can support an…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  4. Duke v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Georgia Transmission Corp. v. WorleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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