Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 27, 2015No. S14A1625PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
Following a bench trial, John Cletus Williams was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs (“DUI”), OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (2), and failure to maintain lane, OCGA § 40-6-48 (l). He had moved unsuccessfully to suppress the results of a state-administered blood test 2 on the basis that the test, obtained without a search warrant, violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section I, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution. 3 His challenge is that Georgia’s implied consent statute, OCGA § 40-5-55, 4 is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by85 opinions
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