Legal Opinion
O'KEEFE v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 18, 1988No. 77574PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Chief Judge.
The appellant, Donald J. O’Keefe, brings this appeal from his conviction for trafficking in marijuana. On the evening of October 21, 1986, Deputy Sheriffs Brooks Lansing and Jimmy Howell, members of the Whitfield County DUI Task Force, were observing northbound traffic on 1-75, when Lansing saw O’Keefe’s vehicle come by their location and he thought the car crossed over the centerline. Howell saw O’Keefe’s car cross over the line on the right side as it was going around the curve. Howell testified that he told Lansing: “I believe we need to go check that one. I believe…
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