Mixed ruling in Sheriff Couch DUI case: Car search out, sobriety tests in - Gainesville Times

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Mixed ruling in Sheriff Couch DUI case: Car search out, sobriety tests in

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch, right, talks to his attorney, Blake Poole, in Hall County State Court during a hearing Tuesday, June 9, 2026, related to his February DUI arrest. - photo by Scott Rogers

06092026 COUCH 5.jpg — Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch, right, talks to his attorney, Blake Poole, in Hall County State Court during a hearing Tuesday, June 9, 2026, related to his February DUI arrest. - photo by Scott Rogers

A judge has tossed out evidence gathered in a state trooper’s search of Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch’s car when he was arrested for DUI in February.