Legal Opinion

Head v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 5, 1980No. 36114PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, Justice.

The defendant appeals his conviction on 2 counts of vehicular homicide, urging 33 enumerations of error. We affirm.

The jury was authorized to find that defendant finished work at Owens-Corning Fiberglas on McLarin Road in Fulton County at 4:30 p.m. September 8, 1977, and went to a nearby bar to cash his paycheck and drink beer with several of his co-workers. (The state contended that the defendant had gone directly to the bar from work and drank several beers during the time he was there, but defendant contended that he had arrived at the bar at 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. and had only…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Bacon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  4. Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  5. French v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cunningham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Chastain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. Simon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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