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State v. Pastorini

Citations

  • 474 S.E.2d 122
  • 222 Ga. App. 316

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “sobriety tests such as the ‘walk and turn’ and the ‘one leg stand,’ both of which demonstrate a suspect’s dexterity and ability to follow directions, do not constitute scientific procedures” such that they are subject to the Harper analysis
  • explaining that “sobriety tests such as the ‘walk and turn’ and the ‘one leg stand,’ both of which demonstrate a suspect’s dexterity and ability to follow directions, do not constitute scientific procedures” such that they are subject to the Harper analysis
  • “[R]oadside questioning during the investigation of a routine traffic incident generally does not constitute a custodial situation.”
  • field sobriety tests and admissions were during brief investigation and before taking into custody
  • the trial court’s suppression of one-leg stand and walk and turn tests due to the officer’s failure to correctly administer the tests was reversed so that a factfinder could determine the weight to give the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Pope, Beasley, Johnson, Blackburn, Ruffin, Birdsong, Andrews, Smith, McMurray

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