POOLE v. STATE

S92A1218.

262 Ga. 718 (1993)

425 S.E.2d 655

POOLE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Alembik, John H. Tarpley, Sr., for appellant.

Robert E. Wilson, District Attorney, Nancy B. Allstrom, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


HUNT, Presiding Justice.

Willington Poole, a Lithonia police officer, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of the felony of violating his oath as a public officer, OCGA § 16-10-1. He challenges, for vagueness, the constitutionality of that statute as applied. We affirm.

Poole confiscated a handgun during an automobile stop and, approximately five weeks later, pawned it to get money to pay his personal water bill. Poole's oath of office reads...

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