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State v. Reid

There was no evidence that the defendant's consent to a blood draw to test her blood-alcohol level was anything but free and voluntary, and the trial court thus erred in granting her motion to suppress the results of that blood test.

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The State appeals the grant of a motion to suppress results of a blood test taken pursuant to the Georgia implied consent law. We reverse.

The evening of February 8, 2015, a Georgia state trooper pulled Jessica Reid over for speeding. In the course of that traffic stop, the trooper suspected Reid had been driving under the influence of alcohol and he arrested her after conducting some field sobriety tests. After reading her the Georgia implied consent notice, the trooper transported Reid to a county fire department EMS to have a blood test. Before the blood draw, Reid signed an EMS form stating: I hereby consent to allow SSFD/EMS, acting at the request of the Officer identified below and as an agent of a licensed law enforcement agency, to draw a blood sample for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol or any other drug. The state trooper also executed the EMS form below Reid’s signature, stating that his request for a blood draw was made pursuant to the Georgia implied consent law.

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