Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 27, 1982No. 38194PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
Under the provisions of Code Ann. § 68B-308 (a) (Ga. L. 1975, pp. 1008,1032; as amended, Ga. L. 1980, pp. 691, 693), the appellant was declared a habitual violator in January of 1978 because of multiple prior traffic offenses committed by him. He states that these prior offenses include uncounseled felony convictions, as well as a plea of nolo contendere to a misdemeanor charge, and this is not denied by the appellee. In April of 1981, the appellant was convicted of violating Code Ann. § 68B-308(c) by operating a motor vehicle without having obtained a valid driver’s license…
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