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Dunbar v. State

Citations

  • 845 S.E.2d 607
  • 309 Ga. 252

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  • applying the plain error standard of review when the appellant “did not object to the trial court on the constitutional grounds she” raised on appeal
  • distinguishing refusal to consent to search of a home from the refusal to take a breath test
  • “Because she did not object to the trial court on the constitutional grounds she now raises, we review this evidentiary claim only for plain error.”
  • “In order to preserve an objection for [ordinary] appellate review, the specific ground of the objection must be made at the time the challenged evidence is offered.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • “Elliott[ v. State, 305 Ga. 179 (824 SE2d 265) (2019),] and [the]underlying decision in Olevik v. State, 302 Ga. 228 (806 SE2d 505) (2017), were careful to distinguish that their scope does not extend to all types of searches, but is limited to breath tests.”

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