Legal Opinion

Prather v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 15, 2010No. A09A2087PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Doyle, Judge.

Following the denial of his plea in bar asserting double jeopardy, James Prather appeals and contends that the trial court erred by ruling (1) that the evidence in his first trial sufficed to support a verdict that Prather was guilty of two offenses predicated on reckless driving, and (2) that Prather could be retried during the pendency of Prather’s appeal of plea in bar found to be nonfrivolous. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the denial of the plea in bar and conclude that Prather’s second enumeration is moot.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Lively v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Delacruz v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  5. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Wadley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Dijoun Drake v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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