Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, Robert K. Jones appeals his conviction for driving under the influence (“DUI”) and other traffic offenses, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that giving a jury charge from the implied consent statute was improper. We hold that, beyond the evidence of Jones’s smelling of alcohol and of his bloodshot, glazed-over eyes, the evidence of Jones’s erratic driving and of his refusal to undergo field sobriety or chemical tests sustains his DUI conviction. We have previously upheld the challenged jury charge. Accordingly, we…
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