Legal Opinion
Awad v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 19, 2022No. S21G0370PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
313 Ga. 99
FINAL COPY S21G0370. AWAD v. THE STATE. COLVIN, Justice. This Court has held that the right against compelled self- incrimination protected by Article I, Section I, Paragraph XVI of the Georgia Constitution of 1983 (“Paragraph XVI”) prohibits the State from admitting into evidence both the results of a compelled state- administered breath test and a defendant’s refusal to submit to a state-administered breath test. See Olevik v. State, 302 Ga. 228, 228-229, 246(2) (c) (iv) ( 806 SE2d 505) (2017); Elliott v. State,
305 Ga. 179, 179-180, 223
(IV) (E) ( 824 SE2d 265) (2019). In the wake…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Elliott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
- Olevik v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- Creamer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
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