Legal Opinion

State v. Foster

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 10, 2002No. A02A0848PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

In this DUI prosecution, the State appeals the trial court’s grant of Michael Foster’s motion to suppress the results of certain field sobriety tests, contending that Foster was not under arrest at the time the tests were administered and, as such, was not entitled to be read his Miranda 1 rights beforehand. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

On appeal from a denial of a motion to suppress, this Court must construe the evidence most favorably to uphold the ruling of the trial court. State v. Winnie, 2 Furthermore, the trial court’s application of law to facts…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. State v. WinnieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Sisson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. TurnquestSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. State v. TurnquestSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. State v. PADIDHAMCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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