Olevik v. State

Peterson, Justice.

The Georgia Constitution protects each of us from being forced to incriminate ourself. Unlike the similar right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, this state constitutional protection applies to more than mere testimony; it also protects us from being forced to perform acts that generate incriminating evidence. This case calls this Court to decide whether this state constitutional protection prohibits law enforcement from compelling *229a person suspected of DUI to blow his deep lung air into a breathalyzer. A nearly unbroken line of precedent…