Dozier v. Pierce

MlKELL, Judge.

We granted the application for discretionary review filed by Greg Dozier, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Driver Services, from the superior court’s order reversing an administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) suspension of Paul Walker Pierce’s Nevada driver’s license. We reverse because the superior court applied the wrong standard of review and did not apply current case law regarding the admissibility of breath test results. The relevant facts follow.

At the hearing held before the ALJ, Athens- Clarke County Police Officer Timothy D. Scott testified that he stopped Pierce…