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Topic: Field Sobriety Test

	Kansas DUI Field Sobriety Test
		Field sobriety tests are "psycho physical" tests - "Psycho" as in mental, and "physical" as in coordination.
		The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test: This is a test where the officer holds a pen or similar object in front of the subject's eyes to determine whether she can follow it.
		While many police officers feel that this is the most reliable field test they have in their arsenal, it is not allowed in court unless the prosecutor has an expert witness to testify to its scientific validity.
	www.enhlaw.com /ks_dui_field_test.htm (1078 words)

	Field Sobriety Test
		Often misunderstood field sobriety testing is used by police officers to establish probable clause to arrest a potential suspect for driving while intoxicated to administer a breathalyzer to determine whether a per se violation (.10 BAC) has occurred.
		Thus, the examination and understanding of field sobriety testing is of paramount importance because the defendant must not only defeat the breath test result but also the officers subjective interpretation of the field sobriety tests.
		The walk and turn test is required to be performed on a hard, dry, level, non-slippery surface, preferably with a straight line clearly marked on the ground and sufficient room for the individual to perform at least nine heel-to-toe steps.
	www.rescinio.com /fieldtest.html (989 words)

	Field Sobriety Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These three "standardized" tests (SFSTs) are the "Walk and Turn" test, the "One-leg Stand" and "Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus" in which a law enforcement officer observes the discrete movements of a person's eyes when tracking a stimulus across their field of vision.
		Chemical tests are better at determining the driver's BAC than they are at estimating the level of impairment, but their accuracy is disputed by some (see blood alcohol test assumptions).
		In any case, tests can only determine the BAC at the time the test is taken, which sometimes can be higher than when the vehicle was actually operated, in the case of a driver who drank a large volume immediately before driving.
	www.duiamerica.com /field-sobriety-test.php (424 words)

	Field Sobriety Test- Massachusetts Drunk Driving Lawyers
		Field sobriety tests are supposed to measure a person's a sobriety.
		In this test the officer looks for a person's: inability to follow directions; swaying while balancing; using their arms for balance; hopping; putting the foot down and not counting in order.
		This test is considered unreliable and beyond the police officer's training as it involves ophthalmology and neurology.
	www.massachusetts-drunk-driving.com /pages/field_sobriety_tests.html (474 words)

	Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Validation Studies
		All of the 6 tests were found to be alcohol sensitive, and the officers made correct arrest/release decisions for 76% of the participants.
		Anonymous breath testing of released drivers who were stopped indicated that many of the drinking drivers were never given a sobriety test.
		It was concluded that the accuracy of FST batteries are not degraded in the marine environment.
	arizona-dui-defense.com /standardized_field_sobriety_test_studies.htm (996 words)

	Austin Texas Field Sobriety Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When the breath/blood testing is suppressed or kept out of the trial due to errors in that testing, you still have to beat the field sobriety testing in order to be successful in your defense of the DWI charge.
		The testing should be done on a well-lighted, dry, flat, hard, non-slippery surface with plenty of room to perform the testing.
		Tests such as holding your head back with your eyes closed, or bending over at the waist with your arms hanging in front of you, are tests that are designed to make you fail.
	www.austintexasdwi.com /field-sobriety-tests-texas.html (1385 words)

	Field Sobriety Tests
		These are not really tests at all; rather, I like to think of them as Roadside Agility Exercises that are highly subjective in nature, and designed for failure.In theory, these tests were designed to simulate and evaluate your "divided attention" abilities, a critical skill in operating a motor vehicle.
		In deciding whether to submit to these exercises, you should know these tests are highly subjective and only 3 have been "standardized" and "validated" as "acceptable" in the "scientific" community, while the remaining exercises are even more unreliable and unsupported as accurate for the detection of alcohol impairment.
		It is important to understand, the officer is supposed to advise you this test is voluntary and not the one required by the Implied Consent Law, however, most of the time this is forgotten, in order to secure more evidence of your impairment and/or breath alcohol level.
	www.spindellaw.com /field.html (896 words)

	Standardized Field Sobriety Test - DWI Testing Update
		Field Sobriety Tests are designed to assist an officer in determining whether probable cause exists to arrest a driver suspected of DWI, for breath testing purposes.
		Furthermore, there are changes to SFST test procedures appearing in the February 2000 DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing” student manual.
		In the last analysis, Standardized Field Sobriety Tests remain the only objective field sobriety tests that have reliability in determining probable cause of intoxication, to be used in determining whether a driver should be arrested for DWI.
	www.njdwi.com /sfst-update.htm (1391 words)

	Georgia Field Sobriety DUI DWI Test
		These tests, known as the “standardized field sobriety tests” [SFSTs], were designed pursuant to numerous federal grants and ultimately sanctioned by NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration) beginning in 1984.
		Tests given by some officers may have included reciting the alphabet (or a portion thereof), picking up coins off the ground, or touching index fingers to the tip of the nose while the person’s eyes were closed and head tilted back.
		The Supreme Court of Ohio recently held that the officer’s failure to follow NHTSA training in administering field sobriety exercises was a factor in determining the admissibility of the test.
	www.georgiacriminaldefense.com /georgia-field-sobriety-test.html (3478 words)

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		We do not reach appellant's arguments con- cerning the field sobriety test administered to her companion Kinberg, as he did not appeal and appellant lacks standing to challenge the test.
		Kinberg to the sidewalk near the rear of the vehicle for the field sobriety test.
		Defendant's expert, former Chief Wilson, testified that if a passenger seeks to interfere with a field sobriety test, the officer may order her to stop interfering; he also testified that passengers are ordinarily told to remain in the vehicle during traffic stops.
	pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov /common/opinions/199812/98-7014a.txt (8041 words)

	The Field Sobriety Tests in San Diego, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Roadside Sobriety Tests commonly referred to as “Field sobriety Test” or “FST” are commonly used by police officers in their DUI investigation to determine whether or not a driver is under the influence.
		Typically, these test consist of 5 or 6 exercises design to help the officer decide, according to his opinion, whether or not you were under the influence.
		The officer is supposed to advise you that this test is voluntary.
	www.sandiego-dui-lawyer.com /fst.htm (1184 words)

	Florida DUI Attorney
		The Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) is a battery of three tests administered and evaluated in a standardized manner to obtain validated indicators of impairment and establish probable cause for arrest.
		These tests are administered systematically and are evaluated according to measured responses of the suspect.
		In the one-leg stand test, the suspect is instructed to stand with one foot approximately six inches off the ground and count aloud by thousands (One thousand-one, one thousand-two, etc.) until told to put the foot down.
	www.duiline.com /sobriety.html (791 words)

	Mimi Coffey Forth Worth Texas DWI Attorney
		According to this study, field sobriety tests which included the walk and turn and one leg stand test were compared to normal tasks such as reciting basic information and walking in normal manner for 21 sober individuals all with a BAC of.000.
		The field studies validated the arrest decisions of the officers in the studies, not the SFSTs.
		The new purported levels of accuracy in the recent validation studies regarding the same field tests at lower limits are proof of the tests = inherent low reliability correlation coefficient.
	www.dallasdwilawyer.com /Excerpt.html (1864 words)

	Field Sobriety Testing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These video segments detail the pharmacology and toxicology of alcohol and drugs, depict three standardized field sobriety tests, demonstrate the administration of a breath alcohol test on an evidentiary machine, debunk some common evidentiary challenges to breath tests, and describe the differences between screening and confirmatory blood and urine drug tests.
		The authors argue for increased use of HGN because it is the only field sobriety test that cannot be practiced or physically controlled by the test subject.
		Field testing found the SFST battery to be extremely accurate in discriminating between BACs above and below 0.08 percent.
	nasjedui.unm.edu /Resources/?categoryID=10 (3163 words)

	Louisiana Standardized Sobriety Test Field Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Urine and blood tests are commonly used to determine the presence of drugs in the body.
		If an arrested person takes the breath test and refuses the urine test, that person has then refused the chemical test prescribed by law and should be treated as a refusal.
		A violator submits to the breath test and the test results indicate a B.A.C. of.04% or above for those persons who were operating a commercial motor vehicle.
	www.dps.state.la.us /tiger/field.html (1300 words)

	Field Sobriety Test
		Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs), used routinely by law enforcement since the mid-1980s, were originally validated at the.10 BAC level.
		In the HGN test, the officer observes the eyes of a suspect as the suspect follows a slowly moving object such as a pen or small flashlight, horizontally with his eyes.
		PBT instruments are portable instruments for the purpose of BAC screening as part of the pre-arrest field testing.
	www.sunnyvaledui.com /FST.htm (1350 words)

	Fort Worth DWI Attorney Dallas DWI Attorney
		In a dose/response study of 89 subjects,8 62% of the dosed subjects exhibited nystagmus in one or both eyes at BAC levels of.00% when tested immediately after all alcohol was cleared from their blood and 56% of those subjects still exhibited nystagmus one hour later.
		According to the 1977 SCRI study which developed the 3 part standardized field sobriety tests the validity correlation coefficient22 was.48, the walk and turn was.55.
		30 When different officers performed the test on the same subject at the same BAC the coefficients dropped down to.59 for the HGN and.34 for the walk and turn, to whit a 66% error rate was indicated for the walk and turn and the one leg stand error rate equated to a 40%.
	www.dwitrialattorneys.com /salemwitchhunts%20.htm (2840 words)

	DUI Help - Drunk Driving Research - Field Sobriety Test
		Occupants are many times tested to see if they can take the car and drive home or told to walk or taken to a phone so they can find a ride.
		The use of PAs devices is legal, and is considered another field sobriety test.
		Officers are required to obtrain consent from a subject prior to testing.
	www.dui.com /drunk_driving_research/field_sobriety_test.html (484 words)

	State v. Schmitt - Ohio Supreme Court Opinion - Ohio Supreme Court Decision - OH Case Law
		sobriety tests: the horizontal gaze nystagmus test ("HGN"), the one-leg-stand test,
		field sobriety test is not performed in exact compliance with standardized testing
		test for admissibility of field sobriety test results at trial.
	www.romingerlegal.com /Ohio_case_law/2004/2004-ohio-37.html (2246 words)

	San Diego Criminal Defense - Field Sobriety Test - Alcohol Breathalyzer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		There is no law in California which states they must keep up their training on a yearly or any other type of basis with respect to standardized field sobriety training.
		In essence, these tests are designed to make the driver fail.
		Police reports, breath test results, and video tape will be reviewed in an effort to uncover possible defenses that you may not be aware of.
	www.sandiegocriminaldefense.com /dui2_sobritytest.html (522 words)

	Oklahoma Field Sobriety Test Lawyer Oklahoma City Sobriety Test Refusal Attorney OK Roadside Test SFST Lawyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		They use these roadside tests not to determine whether probable cause exists to continue their investigation, but in order to obtain further evidence against the driver outside the boundaries of Miranda protections.
		By your sobriety field test refusal, you jeopardize no rights and prevent the authorities from obtaining evidence which they can use against you.
		Oklahoma field sobriety test lawyer serving clients throughout the state of Oklahoma, including the cities of Oklahoma City, Edmond, Norman, Stillwater, El Reno, Yukon, Midwest City, Tulsa, Shawnee, Chickasha, Enid, Duncan, Bartlesville, and Broken Arrow.
	www.oklahomadui.com /practiceareas/Field-Tests.asp (404 words)

	(GC4D15) Field Sobriety Test by erik
		With high school prom and graduation parties around the corner I thought it a good time to remind all of the dangers of drinking and driving.
		You've been spotted at sunset by an officer of the law discarding what appeared to him to be a beer bottle in one of a pair of connected trash cans in a public park.
		He decides then and there to conduct a field sobriety test.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=19733 (758 words)

	Santa Barbara DUI Center - Field Sobriety Test Defenses
		Most of the so-called "field sobriety tests" are nothing more than roadside agility exercises designed to make a motorist seem intoxicated.
		There are only three field sobriety tests that have any scientific validation whatsoever, and then only when performed and scored exactly according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration procedure.
		Any field sobriety test that has not been validated by scientific study.
	www.sbdui.com /defenses03.php (236 words)

	Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Note Pad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Standardized Field Sobriety Testing note taking pad allows police officers to administer the SFST’s in a standardized and systematic manner.
		It allows the officer to read the correct instructions for each test (exercise or task) exactly the same to each and every subject that is asked to perform the SFST’s.
		With individual tear out sheets the officer can document the results of each ubject’s performance of each test or exercise, and attach the sheet to their alcohol influence report.
	www.iptm.org /popup/028006003.htm (119 words)

	VALIDATION OF THE STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST BATTERY AT BACS BELOW 0.10 PERCENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		test battery to be acceptable for field use to establish probable cause for DWI arrest.
		tested during the study period; that is, all administrations of the SFST battery by
		tests to possess “face validity,” that is, tests that appear to be related to actual driving
	missouri-dui-dwi-defense.com /research/fstvalidationstudy.html (10015 words)

	Minimizing Your Risk of Being Convicted of DUI
		If you are older than 21, the test is voluntary and you have the right to refuse this type of breath test.
		When given a choice of blood, breath or urine test after arrest, choose a urine test if it is available.
		It is the most unreliable; however, the officer may only offer a blood or breath test.
	www.1800thelawdui.com /ttips.html (457 words)

	Field Sobriety Test by Paul Green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Based on an old science demonstration used to illustrate Lenz's Law, this routine has some great laughs built in to make it a memorable piece direct from Paul Green's professional repertoire.
		The magician shows the latest apparatus used by the Highway Patrol to determine sobriety and reaction times.
		The spectator has problems, but when the magician is tested, he has incredible results.
	www.murphysmagicsupplies.com /catalog/tricks/html/FIELDSOBR.html (157 words)

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