Peters v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
After a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and improper driving on a roadway. See OCGA §§ 40-6-391 and 40-6-48. The State presented evidence to show that shortly after midnight on February 3, 1984 an officer of the Athens Police Department heard tires squealing and a loud crash while he was on patrol. When he arrived at the scene, he found a small pickup truck which had hit a telephone pole and had come to rest partially on a sidewalk. Appellant was found “crawling around in the rocks” at the rear of the truck. An ambulance was…
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