Georgia Supreme Court Tosses DUI Conviction Based on Officer’s Testimony of Impairment
The Georgia Supreme Court sent a message to prosecutors in an October 2, 2017 opinion: A police officer’s testimony as to a defendant’s performance on a horizontal gaze nystagmus (“HGN”) test cannot, by itself, establish a numeric blood alcohol content level. The HGN test is one of several field sobriety tests used by police officers