GA 16-13-5 - GA 16-13-5

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Defendant entitled to immunity. - When the defendant was charged with two counts of possession of drugs, the defendant was entitled to immunity from prosecution under the Georgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law because the defendant's prosecution was the result of being the subject of a request for medical assistance while the defendant was experiencing a drug overdose as three people called 911 to report that the defendant was lying in the street next to the defendant's car; emergency responders were dispatched on the basis of the calls; and law enforcement officers, who searched the defendant's car and found the pills that became the evidence in support of the prosecution, were present solely because the bystanders called for medical assistance to the defendant. State v. Mer...