Legal Opinion
Tidwell v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 8, 1994No. A94A1951, A94A1952PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Presiding Judge.
Co-defendants Tidwell and Williamson appeal their convictions for leaving the scene of an accident with death and serious bodily injury (OCGA § 40-6-270) and giving false statements (OCGA § 16-10-20).
The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. Tidwell, Williamson, and Glover rode together in Tidwell’s truck from Newnan to a club in LaGrange, arriving about 8:00 p.m. Williamson drove because Tidwell had already consumed eight or nine beers. The men stayed until the establishment closed between 12:00 and 12:30 a.m. and left in Tidwell’s truck.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dunbar v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Eason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Dworkin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Klaub v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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- Augustin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Pulliam v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
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