Powe v. State

181 Ga. App. 429 (1986)

352 S.E.2d 783

POWE

v.

THE STATE.

73254.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1986.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1986.

J. Robert Daniel, for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Vernon R. Beinke, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BANKE, Chief Judge.

Powe appeals the denial of his plea in bar based on the statutory double jeopardy provisions of OCGA §§ 16-1-7 (b) and 16-1-8 (b).

On April 29, 1986, a Georgia state patrolman stopped an automobile being driven by the appellant, Powe, and issued a traffic citation to him for making an improper lane…