Williford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “If a person under arrest refuses the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a chemical test under AS 28.-35.031(a), after being advised by the officer that the refusal will, if that person was arrested while operating or driving a motor vehicle for which a driver’s license is required, result in the denial or revocation of the license or nonresident privilege to drive, that the refusal may be used against the person in a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of an act alleged to have been committed by the person while operating or driving a motor vehicle or operating an aircraft or a watercraft while intoxicated, and that the refusal is a misdemeanor, a chemical test may not be given, except as provided by AS 28.35.035.”

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

2. “Although the outer limits of the statute might not be entirely clear, it was designed to prevent a person from driving while intoxicated when she has knowingly consumed alcohol and a drug. The statute certainly gives adequate notice of that intention.”

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

3. “when there is 0.10 percent or more by weight of alcohol in [the driver's] blood or 100 milligrams or more of alcohol per 100 milliliters of his blood, or when there is 0.10 grams or more of alcohol per 210 liters of his breath.”

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