Willis v. State

Full title: WILLIS v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 31, 1945

33 S.E.2d 17 (Ga. Ct. App. 1945)

72 Ga. App. 61

Opinion

30734.

DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1945.

Assault and battery; from Meriwether superior court — Judge Boykin. October 7, 1944.

Duke C. Meredith, J. S. Nunnally, for plaintiff in error.

L. L. Meadors, solicitor-general, contra.

BROYLES, C. J.

The defendant, a negro, was convicted of committing an assault and battery upon the person of a white woman. The evidence authorized the jury to find that the defendant, unlawfully and against the will of the woman, grabbed her arm, squeezed it, and said, "You are a nice baby," and put his arm around her. That evidence authorized the verdict. See Goodrum v. State, 60 Ga. 509; Yarbrough v. State, 17 Ga. App. 828 ( 88 S.E. 710). The overruling of the motion for new trial, based upon the general grounds only, was not error.

Judgment affirmed. MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1945.