Zilke v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

This case comes to us from the grant of a petition for a writ of certiorari. As set forth by the Court of Appeals, the facts are as follows:

Decari Mason is a POST-certified police officer employed at Kennesaw State University (“KSU”). At approximately 1:42 a.m. on May 5, 2013, Mason was returning to KSU after delivering an arrestee to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. It was dark and raining heavily at the time.

While traveling down Powder Springs Road in Cobb County, Mason observed [Bajrodin] Zilke driving without activated headlights or taillights and “severely failing…