Driver v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a trial court may allow a trained and experienced officer to render an opinion based on the officer’s personal observations as to whether defendant is DUI, less safe
• a court in its discretion may allow a trained and experienced officer, such as the officer here, to render such an opinion based on the officer’s personal observations of the defendant
• “[W]e hold that a court in its discretion may allow a trained and experienced officer ... to render [an opinion that the driver was under the influence of alcohol to the extent that she was less-safe to drive] based on the officer’s personal observations of the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holman v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-31· cited 13×
• Scott v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 6×
• Worthman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-23· cited 3×
• Lanwehr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-30· cited 3×
• Lanning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-04· cited 2×
• David Rubio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-08-15

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• Castell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-16· cited 169×
• Burgeson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 126×
• Kirkland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-28· cited 58×
• Cunningham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-11-13· cited 48×
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1939-09-13· cited 39×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-14· cited 33×
• Brent v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 30×
• Waits v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-28· cited 27×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-14· cited 25×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-03· cited 24×
• McCarty v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-30· cited 23×
• Sanders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-04-25· cited 21×
• Sprinkles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-16· cited 20×
• Lucas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-25· cited 19×
• Fisher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-01-07· cited 16×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-19· cited 16×
• Ahmed Al-Beti v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-22· cited 12×