The months-long process of taking Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch to court for alleged drunk driving is heating up as attorneys for the state and the sheriff legally spar over evidence.
On May 6, Couch’s attorney filed a motion to suppress evidence in the case, claiming that there were issues with the evidentiary process when the sheriff was arrested in February.
Among the claims, Couch’s attorney said the search of Couch’s vehicle was “warrantless and nonconsensual,” and that the field sobriety test administered to him was involuntary, violating his Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendment rights…