context: Here, after the traffic stop, DiGrazia detected the odor of alcohol coming from Blanks's person, and one of the field sobriety tests (the horizontal gaze nystagmus test) and the portable breath test both indicated that Blanks was under the influence of alcohol. Also, as already explained, probable cause may rest on the collective knowledge of the investigating officers as long as there is some degree of communication between them. Thus, the facts that Blanks was swerving, unable to maintain his lane, and speeding may also be considered. We therefore conclude that the totality of the above circumstances provided DiGrazia with sufficient probable cause to arrest Blanks for driving under the influence of alcohol to the degree that he was less safe.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 317 Ga. App. 509, 512
citation_a.parenthetical: defendant's speeding, bloodshot eyes, odor of alcohol and failing the HGN test gave officer probable cause to arrest defendant for DUI
citation_a.sentence: See Harkleroad v. State, 317 Ga. App. 509, 512 (1) (c) (732 SE2d 278) (2012) (defendant’s speeding, bloodshot eyes, odor of alcohol and failing the HGN test gave officer probable cause to arrest defendant for DUI); see also Cann-Hanson v. State, 223 Ga. App. 690, 691 (1) (478 SE2d 460) (1996) (“the results of the field sobriety tests constitute [ ] admissible evidence of probable cause to support [an] arrest”); compare Bostic v. State, 332 Ga. App. 604, 605 (774 SE2d 175) (2015) (driver’s admission that he had consumed one beer, his watery eyes, and a positive alco-sensor test, together with the fact that no erratic driving was observed, without more, did not constitute probable cause to arrest for DUI).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 223 Ga. App. 690, 691
citation_b.parenthetical: "the results of the field sobriety tests constitute [ ] admissible evidence of probable cause to support [an] arrest"
citation_b.sentence: See Harkleroad v. State, 317 Ga. App. 509, 512 (1) (c) (732 SE2d 278) (2012) (defendant’s speeding, bloodshot eyes, odor of alcohol and failing the HGN test gave officer probable cause to arrest defendant for DUI); see also Cann-Hanson v. State, 223 Ga. App. 690, 691 (1) (478 SE2d 460) (1996) (“the results of the field sobriety tests constitute [ ] admissible evidence of probable cause to support [an] arrest”); compare Bostic v. State, 332 Ga. App. 604, 605 (774 SE2d 175) (2015) (driver’s admission that he had consumed one beer, his watery eyes, and a positive alco-sensor test, together with the fact that no erratic driving was observed, without more, did not constitute probable cause to arrest for DUI).