Scarborough v. State

Ingram, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for public drunkenness. The State Court of Bibb County, sitting as the trior of law and fact, found the defendant guilty and imposed a sentence of a fine of $75, or, in lieu of payment thereof, twenty-five days in jail.

The case comes to this court by virtue of a constitutional attack made by the defendant upon the pertinent provisions of Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1315 (Code Ann. § 26-2607), defining the offense of public drunkenness as follows: "A person who shall be and appear in an intoxicated condition in any public place. . . which…