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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. S98A0595.

507 S.E.2d 443 (1998)

270 Ga. 111

The STATE v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cranford, Solicitor General, Robert Stokely, Asst. Solicitor, Newnan, for the State.

Gus L. Wood, III, Walter W. Arnall, Wood, Odom & Edge, P.A., Newnan, for Johnny Brooks Johnson.

THOMPSON, Justice.

This is a case of first impression in which we are asked to decide whether OCGA § 40-6-275 is unconstitutionally vague.1 We find that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because the term "extensive property damage" is so indefinite that a person of reasonable understanding cannot know whether the law is being violated.

Defendant Johnny Johnson was driving...

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