Quintus Jones, III, proceeding pro se, appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol to the extent he was a less safe driver “DUI less safe”.1 In several enumerations of error, Jones argues that: 1 his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; 2 the State failed “to produce an information or indictment”; 3 the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress based on lack of probable cause; 4 the State committed a Brady 2 violation; and 5 the trial court lacked jurisdiction, and he was denied his constitutional right to due process. We affirm, for reasons that follow. The record reveals that on February 19, 2008, a Gwinnett County police officer observed a car speeding on Interstate 85; based on his laser speed detection device and a visual observation, the officer estimated that the vehicle was traveling approximately 85 miles per hour in a 55-miles-per-hour construction zone.3 The officer initiated a traffic stop and approached the car, which Jones was driving. While standing beside the open window of the vehicle, the officer detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from within the car and observed that Jones’s eyes were bloodshot and glazed, his speech was slurred, and he seemed sleepy and nervous. Jones indicated that he was coming from a company function, and when the officer asked him how much he had to drink, Jones replied that he had consumed three beers and two liquor drinks approximately five hours earlier.
The officer asked Jones to step outside the vehicle, and as Jones complied, he was unsteady and had to place his hand on the vehicle for balance. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol emanating from Jones’s breath as he spoke. The officer performed field sobriety tests, including the horizontal gaze nystagmus, the vertical nystagmus test, a walk-and-turn evaluation, a one-leg stand evaluation, and an alco-sensor test, each of which indicated to the officer that Jones was impaired. Based on his observations, the officer believed that Jones was under the influence of alcohol to the extent he was a less safe driver.
