Legal Opinion

Bohannon v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 23, 1998No. S97A2082PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sears, Justice.

We granted the application for interlocutory appeal filed by the appellant, Ryan Bohannon, to consider his due process challenges to OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (5), which provides that it is a crime to have a blood-alcohol concentration of .10 or greater, as measured within three hours of driving, if the blood-alcohol level results from alcohol consumed either before or while driving. Bohannon contends that subsection (a) (5) violates due process (1) because it is not reasonably related to a legitimate state interest, (2) because it is too vague to apprise people of the prohibited…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. BarudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. State v. TischioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  5. Lamar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004

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