State v. Reich

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The State has filed direct appeals under OCGA § 5-7-1 to challenge the trial court’s grant of appellees’ motions to exclude evidence that appellees refused to take blood-alcohol tests after they were advised that the refusal to take blood-alcohol tests would result in the suspension of their out-of-state driver’s licenses for six to twelve months. The trial court found the warnings given were coercive be*408cause the warnings were inaccurate in that contrary to OCGA § 40-5-51 (c), the Department of Public Safety at the time relevant to these appeals was not seeking…