State v. Carraway

Barnes, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing “all evidence subsequent to [David W. Carraway’s] arrest, including the so-called field sobriety tests, visual observations of the officers, and the State administered breath test.” Because we find the trial court’s relief was overly broad for a Miranda violation, we reverse the portion of the order suppressing evidence of the officers’ observations and the breath test.

After Carraway was stopped for riding his motorcycle without a helmet, the officer immediately placed him under arrest and called an Atlanta DUI Task Force…