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Compelled Acts of Self-Incrimination Prohibited
Can the State of Georgia coerce a citizen to give information to a law enforcement agency that may be self-incriminating? I don't think so...
The Georgia State Constitution in Paragraph XVI prohibits the state from requiring 'Compelled Acts of Self-Incrimination'. In 2017 Frederick Olevik was stopped for suspicion of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and confronted width the Georgia Implied Consent Law, which, on hearing a policeman tell it, a breathalyzer is required if requested. Olevik complied, was charged with DUI Less Safe, convicted. He appealed the conviction on the grounds that the breathalyzer was tantamount to self-incrimination. He lost his appeal, but the Georgia Supreme Court Decision Olevik v The State confirmed a precedent from years ago, that the state constitution prohibts compelled acts of self-incrimination. Olevik lost his appeal, but the Supreme Court decision laid the grooundwork for bigger and better things.
Along comes Andrea Elliot, and using the precedent set in Olevik, she won her case. Read all about it here, in Elliot v The State.
GPS Ankle Monitors Removed
That GPS monitor that a person classified as a Sexually Dangerous Predator was required to wear in accordance with OCGA 42-1-14 has been ruled by the Georgia Supreme Court to be an unconstitional search under the United States Constitution! Searches require search warrants. All hail Park v The State. All registered persons who have completed their court imposed sentence have had their GPS Ankle Monitors removed. Read all about it, everybody,
You can't override the United States Constitution with general legislation, though the feckless republicans in the Georgia Legislature try it all the time.