Legal Opinion

Brent v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 16, 1998No. S98A1306Published

1Opinion of the Court

510 S.E.2d 14 (1998)

270 Ga. 160

BRENT

v.

The STATE.

No. S98A1306.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 16, 1998.

Robert W. Chestney, Michael McKeever Hawkins, Atlanta, for appellant.

Cheryl F. Custer, District Attorney, Mirza Qader Ali Baig, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Following a bench trial, Brent was found guilty of DUI, less safe to drive. OCGA § 40-6-391(a). He asserted, inter alia, that the roadblock stop which led to his arrest violated Art. I, Sec. I, Par. XIII of the Georgia Constitution. In LaFontaine v. State, 269 Ga. 251, 497 S.E.2d 367 (1998), this…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Michigan Department of State Police v. SitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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