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Lucas v. State

Citations

  • 507 S.E.2d 253
  • 234 Ga. App. 534
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3660
  • 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 1293

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  • defendant opened the door to evidence of prior DUI convictions by testifying that he “did not ‘care to break the law’ and did not want ‘to endanger’ anyone”
  • refusal to submit to breath test is circumstantial evidence of intoxication
  • refusal to submit to breath test is circumstantial evidence of intoxication
  • State allowed to introduce prior DUI convictions “to rebut ‘the defendant’s impression to the jury that he is a man of good character who would not want to hurt anyone or disobey the law by driving under the influence’ ”

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Judges: Johnson, Smith, Banke

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