From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Bridges v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Oct 11, 1996
223 Ga. App. 339 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

A96A1480.

DECIDED OCTOBER 11, 1996 — RECONSIDERATION DENIED OCTOBER 28, 1996.

Reckless driving, etc. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Jenrette.

Keaton Lombardo, Dawn B. Keaton, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carl P. Greenberg, Henry M. Newkirk, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Defendant appeals his convictions for reckless driving, failure to yield right of way and improper backing. Held:

In two enumerations of error, defendant contends that the failure to yield right of way offense merged, as a matter of fact, with the improper backing offense and that these two offenses merged, as a matter of fact, with the reckless driving offense, resulting in the erroneous imposition of separate sentences for each offense. These assertions, however, were "not raised below and no objection was made to the sentences imposed. Thus, the matter was not preserved for appellate review. Hall v. State, 200 Ga. App. 585, 588 (5) ( 409 S.E.2d 221); Johncox v. State, 189 Ga. App. 188 (1) ( 375 S.E.2d 139); LeGallienne v. State, 180 Ga. App. 108, 111 (4) ( 348 S.E.2d 471)." Henderson v. State, 218 Ga. App. 311, 312 (3) ( 460 S.E.2d 876).

Judgment affirmed. Johnson and Ruffin, JJ., concur.


DECIDED OCTOBER 11, 1996 — RECONSIDERATION DENIED OCTOBER 28, 1996.


Summaries of

Bridges v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Oct 11, 1996
223 Ga. App. 339 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Bridges v. State

Case Details

Full title:BRIDGES v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Oct 11, 1996

Citations

223 Ga. App. 339 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
477 S.E.2d 913

Citing Cases

Harwell v. State

Thus, the matter was not preserved for appellate review. Bridges v. State, 223 Ga. App. 339 ( 477 S.E.2d 913)…

Curtis v. State

Accordingly, we overrule the line of cases typified by Howard, supra, holding that the issue of merger of…