Case Name: JOHNSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1956-03-14
Citations: 93 Ga. App. 543
Docket Number: 36103
Parties: JOHNSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Townsend and Carlisle, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
36103.
JOHNSON v. THE STATE.
Decided March 14, 1956.
Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, John I. Kelley, Solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Gardner, P. J.
It is contended that the charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor is not sufficient to put the defendant on notice of the charge against him. This court has held that a defendant must be under the influence of intoxicating liquor to the extent that he is less safe as a driver. See Sims v. State, 92 Ga. App. 169 (88 S. E. 2d 186). We hold that in the instant case there is ample evidence that the defendant was so under the influence of intoxicating liquor that he was less safe as a driver. The evidence in the instant case leaves no doubt but that the defendant was drunk and an unsafe driver.
The judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County did not err in refusing to sanction the writ of certiorari.
Judgment affirmed.
Townsend and Carlisle, JJ., concur.