State v. Collier

HINES, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Collier v. State, 266 Ga. App. 762 (598 SE2d 373) (2004), to consider whether the police have the authority to seek a search warrant to compel a person to submit blood and urine samples for drug testing when that person has invoked his or her right under the implied consent law to refuse such testing. We conclude, as did the Court of Appeals, that the police do not have that authority; therefore, we affirm.

The Court of Appeals found that the evidence at trial revealed that Steven William Collier drove his pickup truck through a…