State v. Davis

Doyle, Judge.

The trial court granted Danielle Davis’s motion to suppress the evidence of a State-administered breath test on the basis that the State did not reasonably accommodate Davis’s request for an independent test. The State appeals, and we affirm for reasons that follow.

The record shows that on June 27, 2009, the Georgia State Patrol set up a roadblock in downtown Athens. When Davis, who was driving a Dodge Durango, was approximately five or six cars away from the officers at the roadblock, she and her passenger exited the vehicle and attempted to switch places. Captain John Miller…