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Webb v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 7, 1985
324 S.E.2d 188 (Ga. 1985)

Opinion

41491.

DECIDED JANUARY 7, 1985.

D.U.I., etc.; constitutional question. Cobb State Court. Before Judge McDuff.

Larry W. Yarbrough, for appellant. Herbert A. Rivers, Solicitor, for appellee.


The sole issue in this appeal from a conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol is whether subsection (a) (4) of the Georgia Driving Under the Influence Statute (OCGA § 40-6-391) is void for vagueness and therefore violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, in that the average person cannot detect that conduct until he has been arrested and given a chemical test, so that notice that the conduct is prohibited is meaningless.

"(a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any moving vehicle while: . . . (4) There is 0.12 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his blood."

This case is controlled by Lester v. State, 253 Ga. 235 (1) ( 320 S.E.2d 142) (1984).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 7, 1985.


Summaries of

Webb v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 7, 1985
324 S.E.2d 188 (Ga. 1985)
Case details for

Webb v. State

Case Details

Full title:WEBB v. THE STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jan 7, 1985

Citations

324 S.E.2d 188 (Ga. 1985)
324 S.E.2d 188

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