Legal Opinion
Chiasson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 23, 2001No. A01A1436PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
At a jury trial, Harold Chiasson was convicted of operating an unregistered vehicle, 1 driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, 2 and operating a motor vehicle without proof of insurance. 3 He seeks a reversal of his convictions and sentences on grounds that the traffic stop and his pretrial detention were illegal, he is not a resident of the State of Georgia, and he did not own the vehicle he was operating. Finding no ground for reversal, we affirm.
On December 11, 1997, Officer Harper of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department stopped a 1987 van driven by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Wiley Gene WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Berry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- State v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bunyon v. Burke CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2003
- Bius v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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- The State v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
- State v. GoolsbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
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