Legal Opinion
State v. Pastorini
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 18, 1996No. A96A0694PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
The State appeals from the trial court’s ruling finding inadmissible the field sobriety tests administered to Pastorini. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The record in this case demonstrates that on January 28, 1995, shortly after 10:00 p.m., Gwinnett County Officer Griffith was dispatched to investigate a minor traffic accident on Peachtree Parkway. He found a Lexus and a Mitsubishi pulled to the side of the road, with the drivers waiting outside their vehicles. The Lexus was slightly damaged on the front of the passenger’s side and Pastorini’s Mitsubishi was…
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