State v. Johnson

Thompson, Justice.

This is a case of first impression in which we are asked to decide whether OCGA § 40-6-275 is unconstitutionally vague.1 We find that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because the term “extensive property damage” is so indefinite that a person of reasonable understanding cannot know whether the law is being violated.

Defendant Johnny Johnson was driving a tractor-trailer northbound on Interstate 85 when he collided with a northbound automobile. The automobile came to a stop in the median emergency lane. It was not driveable.2

Johnson stopped his tractor-trailer…