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• Chancellor, Joseph: always remember~ Ònever, ever, give a statement to a police officer without speaking with a criminal defense attorney first.Ó Those statements will always be used against you in some way shape or form if the police decide to bring an investigation all the way to the point of filing a complaint.
• Colin Keefe: Depending on the state, officers are permitted to use a variety of tests to ascertain intoxication. The types of analyses can be grouped into two types - tests that require the suspect to actually do something (also referred to as evidentiary tests), and tests where the suspect is not asked to take any action by an officer (also referred to as preliminary tests). Evidentiary Tests Include: Blood sample Standing on one leg Touching nose Breath testing - blowing into tube Walk a straight line Horizontal gaze nystagmus test (HGN) - officer tests the amount of eye-jerking in the suspect when an object is made visible to him or her Preliminary Tests Include: Smelling of alcohol Unable to stand up straight Unable to walk properly Slurring speech Bloodshot eyes Poor or erratic driving Alcohol-related highway fatality statistics continue to be steady, thus it is likely police officers will continue to employ the above tests in determining intoxication. Additionally, officer testimonyregarding a suspect's intoxication likely carries the same weight as a skilled or expert witness.