Legal Opinion

Dechant v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 10, 2008No. A08A1362PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Thomas Dechant appeals from his convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol to the extent it was less safe for him to drive and for failure to maintain lane. He enumerates several errors including challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence. Having reviewed these contentions, we find no error and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that an officer on late-night routine patrol discovered a green Ford sedan nose-first in a ditch and a gold Cadillac on the shoulder of the roadway. The officer spoke with a couple on the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  2. Barber v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. Viau v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Silvers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
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  3. Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. Clifford Pough v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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