State v. Hopkins

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Rodney Hopkins’ motion to suppress the results from an Intoxilyzer 5000 test on the grounds that the arresting officer did not read verbatim the implied consent notice mandated by OCGA § 40-5-67.1 (b). We reverse.

The record shows that the arresting officer read the implied consent warning verbatim except for one possible change. The officer might have read the last line as follows: ‘Will you submit to the state-administered chemical test of your breath under the implied consent law?” OCGA § 40-5-67.1 (b) (2)…