Legal Opinion

Sapp v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 15, 2016No. A16A1425Published

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

In a two-count accusation, Lawanda D. Sapp was charged with two counts of speeding: Count 1, traveling 60 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone, and Count 2, speeding in excess of the 45 mile per hour speed limit. Following a jury trial at which she represented herself, Sapp was found guilty of Count 2, speeding in excess of the posted speed limit. Proceeding pro se, Sapp appeals and enumerates multiple errors on appeal, including that the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction, that the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Hicks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  3. Shorter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Presnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Anderson v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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