Legal Opinion

Gibson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 1, 1988No. 75894PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Gibson filed this appeal from the denial of her motion for new trial after being found guilty of the offenses of driving with an improper tag, driving without a license, and driving without an emissions control sticker.

The appellant’s car was stopped by the Cobb County police because it bore a license plate which read as follows: “JUSTICE TOWNSHIP, COMMON-LAW MUNICIPALITY, SOUTH CAROLINA, PERMANENT, 58.” The officer asked the appellant for her driver’s license and for proof of insurance and placed her under arrest when she refused either to comply with this request or…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. De Palma v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  3. Dill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  4. Cook v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  5. Parks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Duckworth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Ivey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Florence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Carole Lyden Smith Enterprises, Inc. v. MathewCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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