Legal Opinion
Hightower v. General Motors Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 9, 1986No. 42476PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari to determine whether a guilty plea as to which the accused has been granted first offender treatment may be used to impeach him when he testifies in a civil case which he instituted.1 The Court of Appeals, by a divided vote, concluded it could be *350so used and affirmed the trial court’s ruling admitting such evidence. Hightower v. General Motors Corp., 175 Ga. App. 112 (332 SE2d 336) (1985).
Steve and Linda Hightower sued General Motors Corp. and Martin Burks Chevrolet, Inc., seeking damages for depreciation, loss of use, and loss of warranty time, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Favors v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Moon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Hightower v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Gilstrap v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Giles v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Matthews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia, a Georgia Corp. v. United States Fire Company, and Boston Old Colony Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Construction Assoc. v. Fargo Water Equip. Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
- Witcher v. PenderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
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