Legal Opinion

State v. Underwood

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 19, 2008No. S07G1511PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEARS, Chief Justice.

In 2005, Matthew R Underwood was pulled over, placed under arrest, and read the statutory implied consent warning. Underwood consented to drug and alcohol testing but later moved to suppress the unfavorable results at trial. The trial court granted Underwood’s suppression motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment. We granted the State’s petition for certiorari to answer the following question:

Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming the grant of a defendant’s motion to suppress the results of a State-administered breath test where an officer…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Devenpeck v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Molina v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Driscoll v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. McClary v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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