State v. Halstead

Andrews, Chief Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Jason S. Halstead’s motion to suppress the results from an Intoxilyzer 5000 test on the grounds that the officer who stopped him failed to read the implied consent rights in the exact language mandated by OCGA § 40-5-67.1 (b). We affirm.

OCGA § 40-5-67.1 (b) states that the officer shall select and read to the person the appropriate implied consent warning. The appropriate consent warning in this case is, in pertinent part: “After first submitting to the required state tests, you are entitled to additional chemical…