Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 20, 2004No. A03A1675PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Adams, Judge.

Torre Smith appeals from a conviction and sentence of homicide by vehicle in the first degree and three counts of serious injury by vehicle based upon an underlying reckless driving offense. He enumerates six errors including the sufficiency of the evidence.

1. Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that after drinking beer and smoking marijuana, Smith drove James Armstrong’s sport utility vehicle with two friends riding as passengers. At about 1:00 a.m., Smith was driving northbound on Lawrenceville Highway where the speed limit is 45 mph, on a road that was wet…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Paul v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  3. Lynd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Bradford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Scales v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  2. Webb v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. Meeker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Holowiak v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. Lester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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