Olson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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1. “[D]ue process concerns can arise if the information [given to an arrested motorist] understates the consequences of the offense. Misinformation can impair an arrestee's ability to make an informed decision about [the] potential consequences flowing from his refusal, and may actually discourage the arrestee from taking the test. The decision ... whether to comply with an arresting officer's request to take a sobriety test is not a simple one, and ... it should not be based on an ignorance of the actual consequences of refusing. Here, the [officer's warning] understated the penalties for Olson's refusal. We conclude it would be fundamentally unfair to allow the State to [inform an arrestee of] one penalty, on which the arrestee's decision relies, and then later convict him of a charge that carries a greater penalty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stoner v. State

2. “We adopt the rule of law that is most persuasive in light of precedent, reason, and policy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Dakota K.