Shoffeitt v. State

Pope, Judge.

Johnny Lee Shoffeitt appeals his convictions of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) and operating a motor vehicle without effective insurance. He enumerates as error the trial court’s failure to direct a verdict of acquittal at the close of the state’s case and also at the close of all the evidence. Held:

The evidence showed that on November 18,1978 Deputy Sheriff Sims was dispatched to the scene of an accident on Cavenders Creek Road in Lumpkin County. Upon his arrival at the scene he observed the defendant being examined by a medical technician. Defendant had…