Evans v. State, A89A0142
Decision Date | 10 March 1989 |
Docket Number | No. A89A0142,A89A0142 |
Citation | 380 S.E.2d 332,190 Ga.App. 856 |
Parties | EVANS v. The STATE. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Hester & Hester, Frank B. Hester, Atlanta, for appellant.
Lydia S. Jackson, Sol., for appellee.
Randall Nelson Evans appeals from his conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol.
In his sole enumeration of error, appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress the results of a field sobriety test and subsequent intoximeter test because he was stopped by police at a roadblock which did not comply with requirements set forth in State v. Golden, 171 Ga.App. 27, 318 S.E.2d 693 (1984). We do not agree.
In Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648, 99 S.Ct. 1391, 59 L.Ed.2d 660 (1979), Golden, supra 171 Ga.App. at 29(2), 318 S.E.2d 693. We approved the use of a roadblock in Golden after considering several factors, finding that a brief stop was reasonable and violated no Fourth Amendment rights. Id. at 29-30(2), 318 S.E.2d 693. The factors considered in Golden were that the decision to implement the roadblock was made by supervisory personnel rather than by the officers in the field; all vehicles were stopped, leaving no discretion to the officers as to which vehicles to stop; the delay experienced by passing motorists was minimal; the operation was well identified as a police checkpoint; and the "screening" officer's training and experience were sufficient to qualify him to make an initial determination as to which motorists should be given field tests for intoxication. Id.
We agree with the trial court that in the case sub judice, looking at the totality of the circumstances surrounding the roadblock, the factors considered in Golden were satisfied. Although the idea of the roadblock was initiated by the field officers, it was done with the approval of their supervisor and in accord with a continuing practice...
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