Leachman v. State

Ellington, Judge.

A Jackson County jury found Chris Gene Leachman guilty of vehicular homicide, OCGA § 40-6-393. Leachman appeals from the judgment of conviction, contending the trial court erred in denying his plea in bar. Finding no error, we affirm.

Leachman contends the trial court erred in denying his plea in bar by allowing the State to prosecute him for vehicular homicide when the statute of limitation had run on the vehicular homicide’s predicate offense, driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), OCGA § 40-6-391. When a question of law is at issue, such as whether the statute of…