Ley sobre embriaguez pública en Georgia

Explicación Simple

Si alguien está muy borracho en un lugar público y se comporta mal, puede ser arrestado. Esto es porque su comportamiento puede molestar a otras personas y a la policía.

Es como cuando en una fiesta alguien se pasa de copas y empieza a hacer ruido y molestar a los demás; al final, los organizadores tienen que pedirle que se vaya.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan sale de un bar con su esposa y empieza a gritar y a pelear. Cuando lanza una hielera y le pega a su esposa, la policía llega y ve que está muy borracho. Ellos deciden arrestarlo por su comportamiento agresivo en la calle.

Penalidades

Las penalidades pueden incluir multas y arresto, dependiendo de la situación específica.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

which the crime of public drunkenness does not; therefore, the offense of public drunkeness was not included in the crime of public indecency. Loya v. State, 321 Ga. App. 430 , 740 S.E.2d 382 (2013). There was sufficient evidence to sustain defendant's conviction of public drunkenness, where defendant was exiting a private club with defendant's spouse when defendant threw a beer cooler which struck the spouse, defendant smelled of alcohol, and defendant was "cussing," "talking pretty loud," or was "irate and acting unreasonably." Patterson v. State, 181 Ga. App. 68 , 351 S.E.2d 503 (1986). Officer had probable cause to arrest a defendant for public drunkenness and for obstruction of a police officer. Loudly playing a car radio in the early morning hours and quarreling with police officers was sufficient to constitute boisterousness for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-41 , and once the defendant refused to exit the defendant's vehicle and physically and verbally threatened an officer, officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant for obstructing a police officer under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24 . Martin v. State, 291 Ga. App. 363 , 662 S.E.2d 185 (2008). Not a lesser included offense of DUI. - Public drunkenness is not, as a matter of fact or law, a lesser included offense of driving under the influence of alcohol to the extent it is less safe to drive. State v. Tweedell, 209 Ga. App. 13 , 432 S.E.2d 619 (1993). Conviction of obstruction despite acquittal of public drunkenness.