165 Ga. App. 299 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1983
Defendant appeals his conviction for speeding, driving while license suspended and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer. Held:
The only error alleged is the denial of defendant’s motion for directed verdict, which was made on no specific grounds but argued on appeal that the state did not prove venue in Clarke County where the trial was held. The issue of venue was not raised at the trial.
All of the offenses arose from a Clarke County police officer stopping defendant for speeding. The officer testified that he was a member of the Clarke County Police Department who was parked in a parking lot along a highway and detected defendant speeding on his radar. He stopped defendant for speeding, which resulted in defendant giving a false name and the determination that his license
“[W]here venue is not contested slight proof will suffice . . .” Carter v. State, 146 Ga. App. 681 (247 SE2d 191).
There being uncontested evidence of venue in Clarke County, the evidence did not demand a verdict of not guilty because of lack of proof of venue, and the trial court did not err in denying the motion for directed verdict. Code Ann., § 27-1802 (a) (Ga. L. 1971, pp. 460, 461); Salter v. State, 163 Ga. App. 655 (1) (294 SE2d 612).
Judgment affirmed.