Legal Opinion

State v. Umbach

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 22, 2007No. A06A1845PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

Christopher Umbach was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with an unlawful blood alcohol concentration as a result of his involvement in a single-car wreck.* 1 The trial court granted Umbach’s motion to suppress the results of a blood test performed on him prior to his arrest. The State appeals, and, for reasons that follow, we reverse.

In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, where the facts are undisputed, we conduct a de novo review of the trial court’s application of the law to those facts. 2 In this case, the facts are…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  2. Silva v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  3. Handschuh v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  4. Boyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Ellis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Snyder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Castaneda v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Fowler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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