Case Name: GLISSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1975-03-04
Citations: 134 Ga. App. 380
Docket Number: 50056
Parties: GLISSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Pannell, P. J., and Clark, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 380–381

Head Matter:
50056.
GLISSON v. THE STATE.
Submitted January 10, 1975
Decided March 4, 1975
Rehearing denied March 28, 1975

Opinion:
Quillian, Judge.
The defendant was tried and convicted for the offense of "driving under the influence." He appealed to this court contending that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. Held:
1. The cases which tend to sustain the defendant's argument with regard to circumstantial evidence in a drunk driving case (for example, Waters v. State, 90 Ga. App. 329 (83 SE2d 25); Gunder v. State, 95 Ga. App. 176 (97 SE2d 381); Parrott v. State, 100 Ga. App. 652 (112 SE2d 271)), have been overruled. Stephens v. State, 127 Ga. App. 416, 424 (193 SE2d 870); Townsend v. State, 127 Ga. App. 797, 798 (195 SE2d 474).
2. Here the defendant's car was overturned; he was found lying in a ditch with his feet entangled in the steering wheel of the car; the investigating officer noticed that the defendant's speech was slurred and that from the odor of alcohol he had been drinking. An unobjected-to blood test revealed the defendant's blood had an alcohol level of .18 (.10 gives rise to a presumption that the defendant was under the influence.) Code Ann. § 68-1625 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov. Sess., pp. 556, 575; 1966, pp. 70, 71; 1968, pp. 448, 449) repealed by Ga. L. 1974, pp. 633, 691.
The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury's finding of guilty. Stephens v. State, 127 Ga. App. 416, supra; Townsend v. State, 127 Ga. App. 797, supra; Tutt v. State, 128 Ga.App. 636 (197 SE2d 432).
Judgment affirmed.
Pannell, P. J., and Clark, J., concur.
Richard D. Phillips, for appellant.
B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Solicitor, for appellee.