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Judge allows inventory evidence but suppresses field-sobriety tests in Compton crash/DUI hearing
Summary
In State v. Damien Gerard Compton, the court found the vehicle inventory search lawful and admitted items recovered, but suppressed HGN, walk-and-turn and one-leg-stand field-sobriety evidence because the defendant had head and leg injuries and the tests were improperly performed.
A Clayton County judge ruled Dec. 11 that an inventory search of a towed vehicle in State v. Damien Gerard Compton was lawful and therefore items recovered in that search may be admitted, but the judge suppressed field-sobriety-test (FST) evidence, concluding those tests were improper given the defendant's injuries.
Defense counsel Miss Tortorello argued the vehicle search and subsequent evidence were product of an illegal search and therefore barred, and also urged exclusion of FSTs on safety and relevance grounds because Compton suffered head and leg…
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