Legal Opinion

Croft v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2006No. A06A0915PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, John Charlie Croft appeals his convictions of serious injury by vehicle and of reckless driving, both of which arose out of his driving a four-wheeler ATV with a ten-year-old passenger, who was brain-damaged when Croft clipped a tractor and flipped the ATV. Croft contends the court erred in failing to give jury instructions on accident and causation, in failing to merge the reckless driving offense into the serious injury by vehicle offense, and in entering judgment on a vague reckless driving count. We hold that Croft waived any complaints…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Stinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  3. Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Dunbar v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Cutter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Christian v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Castaneda v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Pless v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Michael v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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