Assault Under Color of Office

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Public Officers and Employees
  4. Miscellaneous Offenses Concerning Public Officers and Employees
  5. Assault Under Color of Office

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Any officer of this state who shall assault or beat any individual under color of his office or commission without a lawful justification to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 806; Code 1863, § 4371; Code 1868, § 4409; Code 1873, § 4477; Code 1882, § 4477; Penal Code 1895, § 284; Penal Code 1910, § 288; Code 1933, § 89-9906.)

Cross references.

- Prohibition of corporal punishment of inmates, § 42-5-58.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 369, 374.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 437, 445, 446.

ALR.

- What constitutes offense of official oppression, 83 A.L.R.2d 1007.

Right of peace officer to use deadly force in attempting to arrest fleeing felon, 83 A.L.R.3d 174.


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