CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DUI STATUTES

Foundation     

Double Jeopardy     

• Multiple Prosecution     
• Plea Agreement     
• Double Jeopardy and License Suspension     
• Mistrial     

 THE STOP

Reasonable Suspicion    

• General     
• Pretext Stop    
• Citizen Informants     
• Anonymous Citizen Tips     
• Consensual Encounters     
• Traffic Violations     
• What Is Not Reasonable Suspicion     

Roadblocks     

• General     

Actual Physical Control     

• General     
• Asleep      
• Parked Car     
• Crashed Car
•  Jury Instructions     

Right to Counsel During Traffic Stops 

• Custody     
• Under the Influence 

    

CONTACT

Corpus Delicti     

• Generally     
• DUI     
• Suspended License in Aggravated DUI    

What an Officer May Do at a Traffic Stop  

• Demand License and Registration     
• Search for Registration      
• Search for Driver’s License     
• Run Warrant Checks - Driver 
• Run Warrant Checks - Passenger     
• Order Driver and Passenger Out of Car 
• Look for VIN    
• Ask for Consent to Search 
• Ask Limited Number of Questions     
• Order To Move Vehicle     

Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs)     

• Alphabet and Number Test    
• Refusal to Perform FSTs     
• Cannot Use FSTs to Estimate BAC     

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGH)     

Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE)     

Probable Cause     

• Factors for Probable Cause  
•  Speed     
•  Third Party Statement     
• Safety     
•  Probability     
• Motives     
• Unnecessary if Citizen’s Arrest 

Right to Counsel During Contact with Officer     

• General     
• No Third Party Requests for Attorney     

TESTING

Implied Consent/Admin Per Se     

• General     
• Refusal to Take Breath or Blood Test     
• Refusal as Result of Deficient Sample
• No Cooperation by Defendant     

Consent      

Warrant Search     

Medical Draw

Crash Implied Consent     

Breath Testing     

• Generally     
• Admissibility of Replicate Test    
• Admissibility of Single Test    
• Admissibility of Defendant’s Independent Test    
• Independent BAC Test     
• Deficient Sample
• Intoxilyzer Margin of Error   
• Independent Test
• Flawed Breathalyzer Test    

Blood Testing     

• Admissibility  
• Chain of Custody     
• Independent Test Advisory     
• Phlebotomy Issues     
• Two-Hour Limit   

Drug Testing     

Deficient/Insufficient Samples     

Relation Back  

• General     
• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Requirement     
• Right to Counsel During Testing     

 PRETRIAL

Speedy Trial 

• Rule 8 Time Limits     
• Delays     
• Service     
• Due Diligence     
•  Dismissal with Prejudice     

Discovery   

• General     
• State’s Obligation     
• Discovery Violation     
• Sanctions     
• Preclusion     

Right to Counsel (Pretrial)     

 

TRIAL

Jury Selection     

Priors          

• Collateral Attack
• Felonies     
• Aggravating Factors     
• Repetitive Offenders     

Definitions    

• Criminal Negligence/Recklessness     
• Minor Victims     

Homicide   

• Negligent Homicide     
• Recklessness  
• Lesser Included Offense     

Causation  

Admissibility of Evidence     

• Frye Standard     
• Exigent Circumstances     
• Testimony Regarding Issues of Fact     
• Criminologist Testimony     
• Consumption After the Fact    
• Identity of Sources     
• Acquaintances    

Actual Physical Control     

 

POST-TRIAL

License Suspension/Revocation     

• No Violation of Due Process     
• Notice     
• Revocation     

Sentencing

Directed Verdict     

Victim’s Rights     

• Arizona Constitution Governs     
• No Ad Hoc Exceptions     
• No Physical Injury Needed     
• Peace Officer Can Be a Victim     
• Right to a Speedy Trial     
• Deposition and Interview     
• Brady Material     
• Refusal to Appear

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Private Property     

Fleeing        

Social Host Liability     

Early DUI Cases     

APPENDICES

•  DUI Laws

•  Relevant DHS and Transportation Regulations

•  Sample Voir Dire

•  Sample Direct Questions for Officers, Experts, QAS 

•  DUI Jury Instructions

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