Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “On February 15, 1997, Trooper Barry Saffold of the Arkansas State Police was contacted on his radio by Chief McBride, the chief of police for the City of Gould, Arkansas. Chief McBride informed Trooper Saffold that he had received a report of a driver that was possibly intoxicated headed northbound on U.S. Highway 65. The officers surmised that the reported vehicle was somewhere between them. Trooper Saffold proceeded south from Grady while Chief McBride traveled north from Gould. Chief McBride was the first officer to make contact with the red passenger car driven by appellant. He stopped appellant’s vehicle outside the city limits of Gould, approximately halfway between Gould and Grady. When Trooper Saffold arrived, Chief McBride had appellant outside his vehicle, and according to the testimony of Trooper Saffold, appellant was not free to leave. Trooper Saffold stated that he detected the odor of intoxicants and administered numerous sobriety tests, which appellant failed. Appellant was transported to Gould where he registered .14 on a Breathalyzer test. He was subsequently charged with driving while intoxicated.”

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