Brock v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal from a ruling of the trial court denying defendant’s plea of double jeopardy. Defendant was the driver of an automobile involved in a collision with another automobile on July 3, 1976, in which Michael E. McLendon was killed. As a result of that incident he was charged with driving at an excessive rate of speed, driving on the left side of the roadway, and driving with ability impaired by alcohol.

On December 20, 1976, the defendant was tried in the State Court of Thomas County. He entered pleas of "nolo contendere” to an…