Baldwin v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an accusation with driving under the influence of alcohol. He was also given citations for failure to maintain lane and for having an open container of alcohol in his car. The evidence adduced at his jury trial showed that Officer Ed Smith of the Clayton County Police Department noticed defendant’s vehicle “straddling the roadway markings or the solid white line to the left,” delineating the lefthand emergency lane. Officer Smith followed the car and observed as “the car then swerved across the lane to the right and straddled the roadway…