State v. Williams

Pope, Chief Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s grant of defendant Michael Harry Williams’s plea in bar based on double jeopardy. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (3). The trial court held that defendant could not be prosecuted for improper passing and vehicular homicide because he already pled guilty to a charge of improper passing and paid a fine. We affirm.

Defendant was involved in a traffic collision occurring December 7, 1992. Trooper Stephens originally issued him a traffic citation charging him with improper passing, see OCGA § 40-6-44, and ordering him to appear in the probate court on January…