Littlejohn v. State

Shulman, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from appellant’s conviction for driving with an expired driver’s license.

1. Appellant is the holder of a veteran’s driver’s license. His main defense at trial was that veteran’s licenses issued prior to 1976 (as was his) do not expire. We cannot agree.

Veteran’s licenses were first authorized by Ga. L. 1949, pp. 1152, 1153, as “. . . a mark of appreciation on the part of the people of Georgia, which shall entitle the holder thereof to the exemption [from licensing fees] until the same be suspended, or revoked, in accordance with the law.” That Act also…