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Handley v. State

Citations

  • 668 S.E.2d 855
  • 294 Ga. App. 236
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3553
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 1155

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  • holding that there was insufficient probable cause for a DUI arrest when the only evidence offered was that the arresting officer smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath, a breath test revealed the presence of alcohol, and the defendant admitted to drinking alcohol “earlier in the day”
  • “Evidence which shows only that a defendant had alcohol in her body while driving provides insufficient probable cause to arrest for DUI.” (punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Barnes, Johnson, Phipps

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