Thought I’d share some great links to .pdf’s of many of the NHTSA guides and manuals. They come from the Washington State Patrol – Breath Testing Program DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing: Instructor Manual – February 2006.pdf Instructor Manual – September 2004.pdf Student Manual – February 2006.pdf Student…
Recently, we had a trial set in which the prosecutors filed some pretrial motions. While not uncommon for the prosecutors to file such motions, one of the items they requested I found quite interesting. The prosecutors filed a "Motion in Limine." A Motion in Limine is the attorney asking the judge…
I dont usually post video clips. Especially because every time I see one posted, I’ve seen it 50 times already. But here is an old one, that I have just never seen before. From the 1983 Steve Martin movie, "The Man With Two Brains." Enjoy.
A great point was made recently by Jamie Spencer (through George Scharmen at the Rusty Duncan Criminal Defense Seminar put on by TCDLA) regarding the cross examination of an officer about HGN. Jamie points out in "Nystagmus, Mostly Leave it Alone" that not a lot of cross examination is necessary. …
I spent this past weekend at a certification course to gain the same certification the police officers have in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. I was going to attempt a daily blog about the course, but I ended up too tired with with too much to do each day I went…