Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 31, 2000No. A99A1760PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Presiding Judge.
Jackie Patterson, an attorney proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his declaratory judgment action based on lack of standing. Patterson sought a declaration that OCGA § 40-6-141 was unconstitutional as a violation of the Due Process Clause because it was void for vagueness and was unenforceable due to the Department of Public Safety’s failure to promulgate rules defining “plainly audible” or to establish standards regarding measurement of sound by law enforcement personnel, as mandated by OCGA § 40-6-14 (d).
The trial court concluded that…
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