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Magruder v. Cofer

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 9, 1980
264 S.E.2d 506 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)

Opinion

58412.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 11, 1979.

DECIDED JANUARY 9, 1980.

Driver's license suspension. Floyd Superior Court. Before Judge Frazier.

Harl C. Duffey, Jr., for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Magruder appealed to the trial court from the Department of Public Safety's revocation of his driver's license upon a determination that he was an habitual violator. The trial court sustained the department's action. We likewise affirm.

1. Contrary to appellant's contention, there is no deficiency in the form of the judgment.

2. The evidence showed appellant had been convicted fifteen times for moving traffic offenses, the offenses occurring within a ten-year period. The latter period was properly invoked by the commissioner and the trial court, as the amendment changing the period was not effective at the time of the fifteenth offense committed by appellant. See Ga. L. 1975, pp. 1008, 1032; Ga. L. 1977, pp. 307, 308; Ga. L. 1978, pp. 225, 226, effective July 1, 1978 (Code Ann. § 68B-308); Kelly v. Cofer, 150 Ga. App. 24 ( 256 S.E.2d 635) (1979).

3. A compilation of appellant's convictions prepared by the custodian of the department's records was correctly allowed, under Ga. L. 1975, pp. 1008, 1021, as amended (Code Ann. § 68B-215 (e)), and it supported the revocation of appellant's license.

Judgment affirmed. Quillian, P. J., and Birdsong, J., concur.


SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 11, 1979 — DECIDED JANUARY 9, 1980.


Summaries of

Magruder v. Cofer

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 9, 1980
264 S.E.2d 506 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)
Case details for

Magruder v. Cofer

Case Details

Full title:MAGRUDER v. COFER

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 9, 1980

Citations

264 S.E.2d 506 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)
264 S.E.2d 506

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