290 Ga. App. 418 - Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “how the [officer’s] failure to designate the test to be taken changed the substance or meaning of the warning in the implied consent notice. [Nagata] was under notice that the state-administered chemical tests would be of his “blood, breath, urine or other bodily substances.” The notice given was sufficiently accurate to permit [Nagata] to make an informed decision about whether to consent to testing. 7”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 319 Ga. App. 513 - Nagata v. State

2. “An accused’s right to have an additional, independent chemical test administered is invoked by some statement that reasonably could be construed — in light of the circumstances — to be an expression of a desire for an additional, independent test. In adhering to this principle, we are guided by the circumstances surrounding an alleged request, not simply the semantics of the alleged request itself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 299 Ga. App. 630 - Waterman v. State

3. “The determinative issue with the implied consent notice is whether the notice given was substantively accurate so as to permit the driver to make an informed decision about whether to consent to testing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Rm