State v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
A multi-count accusation was preferred against Paul Jones. The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Jones’s special demurrer to Counts 5 and 6, which charged Jones with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Because an accused may commit the offense at issue in more than one manner and because the accusation fails to specify the manner in which the offense was allegedly committed, we affirm the trial court’s grant of the special demurrer.
OCGA § 40-6-395 (a) makes it unlawful for any driver of a vehicle wilfully to fail or refuse to bring his or her vehicle to a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Copeland v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Haska v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. GamblinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001