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Judge suppresses field sobriety evidence after irregularities in arrest paperwork
Summary
Clayton County State Court granted a motion to suppress field sobriety test evidence after finding irregularities in how a DUI citation was issued and in post-arrest contact between officer and defendant.
A judge in Clayton County State Court on Wednesday granted a motion to suppress evidence from field sobriety tests and related post-stop testing following an evidentiary hearing.
Officer testimony described standardized-field-sobriety testing (HGN, walk-and-turn, one-leg stand) and a subsequent arrest for DUI (less safe). The officer testified he observed clues on the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test and other standardized tests and that the defendant later consented to a blood draw…
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