Townsend v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
This appeal is from an involuntary manslaughter conviction based upon an indictment charging defendant with the commission of two unlawful acts, namely (1) driving under the influence of intoxicants or drugs and (2) driving on the wrong side of the road.
Defendant truck driver was driving on Highway 29 north of Athens en route from Birmingham, Alabama, to Washington, Georgia, when his tractor-trailer collided with a car in which the victim was a passenger who was killed in the wreck. There were no surviving eyewitnesses. Defendant’s tractor-trailer was headed south and the car was…
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2Cases cited35 opinions
- Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Mitchum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Floyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
- Wren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Baldwin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Benefield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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