Legal Opinion

Poole v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 8, 1993No. S92A1218Published

1Opinion of the Court

262 Ga. 718 (1993)

425 S.E.2d 655

POOLE

v.

THE STATE.

S92A1218.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 8, 1993.

Richard S. Alembik, John H. Tarpley, Sr., for appellant.

Robert E. Wilson, District Attorney, Nancy B. Allstrom, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

HUNT, Presiding Justice.

Willington Poole, a Lithonia police officer, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of the felony of violating his oath as a public officer, OCGA § 16-10-1. He challenges, for vagueness, the constitutionality of that statute as applied. We affirm.

Poole confiscated a handgun during an automobile stop…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Parker v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Sustakovitch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Poole v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. State v. BurrellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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