348 So. 2d 283 - State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “Intoxicated means more than merely being under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Intoxicated is synonymous with drunk. The intoxication must deprive the defendant of the full possession of her normal faculties. * * * * * * Now, there has been admitted in evidence the results of a blood-alcohol test. Evidence that a person had .10 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the blood at a certain time is prima facie evidence that such person was intoxicated at that time. Prima facie evidence is evidence which is such to establish a fact unless rebutted by evidence to the contrary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 478 So. 2d 825 - Wright v. State

2. “[I]f the death of any human being be caused by the operation of a motor vehicle by any person while intoxicated, such person shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 429 So. 2d 747 - State v. Cardinal

3. “under the influence of alcoholic beverages,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 456 So. 2d 916 - Jackson v. State