GA 17-6-8 - GA 17-6-8

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Forfeiture of cash bond not a bar to subsequent prosecution. - As the forfeiture of a cash bond for any person arrested for violation of the traffic laws of this state does not bar a subsequent prosecution for such violation, such forfeiture does not constitute a prior disposition so as to bar prosecution by reason of double jeopardy. Benton v. State, 150 Ga. App. 647 , 258 S.E.2d 298 (1979). Cited in Land v. State, 103 Ga. App. 496 , 119 S.E.2d 809 (1961); Perry v. State, 118 Ga. App. 22 , 162 S.E.2d 466 (1968); Parker v. Turk, 169 Ga. App. 188 , 311 S.E.2d 844 (1983); Thompson v. State, 237 Ga. App. 466 , 517 S.E.2d 339 (1999); Fairbanks v. State, 242 Ga. App. 830 , 531 S.E.2d 381 (2000); Brown v. State, 251 Ga. App. 569 , 554 S.E.2d 760 (2001). <h4...