Legal Opinion

Walker v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 28, 1982No. 64546PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

Horace Walker appeals his conviction of vehicular homicide in the second degree (Code Ann. § 68A-903 (b)). We affirm.

The evidence presented at trial established that appellant was traveling home from work, headed south on Highway 29 in the rain, when he crested a hill and observed a stopped automobile about 700 feet ahead with its left-turn blinker signal on. Appellant was unable to brake in time to avoid a collision and the impact caused the victim’s car to be thrown into the path of a truck traveling north. The victim sustained a crushed chest, a large contusion in the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cohran v. Douglasville Concrete Products, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. Baxter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Beaman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  4. Gaither v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Loveless v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Hammett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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