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GEORGIA SUPREME COURT RULES POLICE CANNOT COMPEL DRIVERS SUSPECTED OF DUI TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER
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Posted on 10/18/2017 9:20:53 AM PDT by JP1201

In a new ruling, the Supreme Court of Georgia clarified the rights drivers suspected of DUI have when it comes to interaction with law enforcement officers and the implied consent law.

The court made it clear that the state's constitution does not give law enforcement officers the ability to compel drivers suspected of driving under the influence to take a breath test by blowing into a breathalyzer.

It brings to question whether or not a defendant's refusal of a breath test can be submitted as evidence in their trial. As it stands, prosecutors can submit a defendants' refusal of the test. This new ruling changes that.

In a summary of the ruling, the high court wrote "the state constitution’s protection against compelled self-incrimination applies not only to testimony but also to acts that generate incriminating evidence."

In a unanimous decision, the court overturned previous decisions which held that drivers do not have rights under the constitution to refuse a breath test requested by law enforcement officers.

(Excerpt) Read more at 13wmaz.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: breathalyzer; dui; georgia
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1 posted on 10/18/2017 9:20:53 AM PDT by JP1201
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So, will alcohol related auto deaths be going up in GA soon?


2 posted on 10/18/2017 9:22:24 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: JP1201

What can possibly go wrong? /s


3 posted on 10/18/2017 9:22:57 AM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: JP1201

A democrat must have gotten stopped.


4 posted on 10/18/2017 9:23:01 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: JP1201

Isn’t it if you refuse a breathalyze, your license is automatically suspended?


5 posted on 10/18/2017 9:23:22 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: JP1201

0.08% is a dumb legal limit anyway.


6 posted on 10/18/2017 9:24:20 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: JP1201

No implied consent law?


7 posted on 10/18/2017 9:25:05 AM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: JP1201

“...the court overturned previous decisions which held that drivers do not have rights under the constitution to refuse a breath test requested by law enforcement...”

Does this mean NO drunk tests without a warrant?


8 posted on 10/18/2017 9:25:27 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: JP1201

Hmmm. And you can’t be compelled to raise your hands if a law officer tells you to....


9 posted on 10/18/2017 9:25:33 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: rktman

Probably not. This seems to all pin on the cop saying the breathalyzer wasn’t the state test, then using it as evidence.


10 posted on 10/18/2017 9:27:11 AM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: JP1201

A correct decision from the GA Supreme Court.

(To be struck down by a Federal Judge in 5...4...3....)


11 posted on 10/18/2017 9:27:38 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: JP1201

I was under the impression that Constitutional protections didn’t apply in these cases because a DUI offense is a motor vehicle violation, not a crime.


12 posted on 10/18/2017 9:27:59 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: Alberta's Child

Depends if the auto is semi or full. Does it have a “bumper” stock? Crazy, I know.


13 posted on 10/18/2017 9:29:04 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: JP1201

Good decision.


14 posted on 10/18/2017 9:30:45 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Trump20162020

The scolds here on on a roll

good luck with reason


15 posted on 10/18/2017 9:30:52 AM PDT by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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16 posted on 10/18/2017 9:31:13 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Trump20162020

True enough.


17 posted on 10/18/2017 9:32:28 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: JP1201

Not a great thing. Now all those stupid drunks will end up in an ER waiting for a blood draw


18 posted on 10/18/2017 9:32:45 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: null and void

You didn’t read the article!


19 posted on 10/18/2017 9:33:04 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: Trump20162020

No it isn’t. People are impaired when at that level. They are driving a multi ton vehicle and are dangerous as well as stupid


20 posted on 10/18/2017 9:33:59 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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