Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 16, 1958No. 37129PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Townsend, Judge.

Under Code (Ann.) § 68-1625 it is unlawful for any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor “to operate or drive any vehicle.” Under Code (Ann.) § 68-1503 (c) a driver is “every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.” The question raised by the general grounds and special ground 1 is whether the State proved the defendant was operating his automobile by proof that when the witness,, a police officer, arrived, the defendant was sitting in and steering the car which was being pushed out of a service station by a jeep, that the cars went for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Holmes v. ClisbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Hester v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Durham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
  4. Cavender v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  5. Family Fund Life Insurance v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Griggs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. Lawrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. People v. JordanAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1977
  4. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Garrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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