Legal Opinion
Ayers v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 1, 1996No. A96A0457PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
John C. Ayers, Jr. was driving home from an Atlanta restaurant when a state trooper stopped him for a traffic violation after 11:00 p.m. on May 11, 1993. He failed roadside sobriety tests, registered .15 on the Intoximeter 3000, and was charged with DUI per se (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (4)), and less safe to drive (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (1)). An Atlanta city court jury acquitted him of the per se charge, but after receiving testimony from the trooper and reviewing a videotape made during the roadside sobriety tests, convicted him on the less safe charge. We affirm.
1. Ayers claims the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Faircloth v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- State v. CauseyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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3Cited by15 opinions
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