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Horowitz v. State

254 S.E.2d 828, 243 Ga. 441, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 928
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedApril 5, 1979
Docket34456
StatusPublished
Cited by21 cases

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Horowitz v. State, 254 S.E.2d 828, 243 Ga. 441, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 928 (Ga. 1979).

Opinion

Jordan, Justice.

The appellant was tried and convicted for reckless conduct as defined by Code Ann. § 26-2910. He appeals, contending the statute is unconstitutional.

While taking his sports car on a test run through a residential neighborhood at speeds in excess of the posted limit, the appellant lost control of the vehicle and skidded approximately sixty-three feet toward a child standing in his front yard. The appellant contends that the reckless conduct statute is unconstitutional in that it violates the due process provisions of the United States and Georgia Constitutions. Specifically, he asserts that the statute is so vague and indefinite that it fails to apprise persons of the prohibited conduct. The evidence authorized the jury to conclude that by driving recklessly through a residential neighborhood the appellant consciously disregarded the substantial risk that his conduct would endanger the safety of another.

This court finds that the statute is sufficiently definite to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that such conduct is forbidden by the statute.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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