KIRKPATRICK v. STATE

No. A95A1648.

464 S.E.2d 882 (1995)

219 Ga. App. 307

KIRKPATRICK v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barksdale, Irwin, Talley & Sharp, David B. Irwin, Daniel S. Digby, Conyers, for appellant.

S. Dabney Yarbrough, Solicitor, for appellee.

Robert W. Chestney, Kenneth W. Mauldin, amici curiae.


RUFFIN, Judge.

This appeal raises the sole issue of whether administratively suspending a drivers license after a DUI arrest is punishment which triggers the Double Jeopardy Clause's prohibition against multiple punishments, thereby precluding subsequent prosecution of the underlying DUI charges. We conclude that it does not.

Thamon Lee Kirkpatrick was arrested for DUI and open container violations after a state trooper stopped him at a driver's license check...

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