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· 4/6/2005

Drogan v. State

Citations

  • 613 S.E.2d 195
  • 272 Ga. App. 645
  • 2005 Fulton County D. Rep. 1194
  • 2005 Ga. App. LEXIS 359

How courts have described this case

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  • proof in DUI — less safe case can include officer’s observations of defendant and resulting opinion testimony
  • proof in DUI - less safe case can include officer’s observations of defendant and resulting opinion testimony
  • trial took place less than a month before Burchette decision; disapproved phrase in Allen charge was not reversible error
  • defective Allen charge was not reversible error even though nothing in the record indicated the length of time between the giving of the charge and the return of the verdict
  • “Methods of proof may include evidence of (i) erratic driving behavior, (ii) refusal to take field sobriety tests and the breath or blood test, and (iii) the officer’s own observations (such as smelling alcohol and observing strange behavior

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Judges: Andrews, Phipps, Mikell

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