City of Seattle v. Heatley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the officer’s testimony that the defendant was “ ‘obviously intoxicated and affected by the alcoholic drink that ... he could not drive a motor vehicle in a safe manner’ ” was not an impermissible opinion on guilt
• holding that the officer's testimony that the defendant was \'obviously intoxicated and affected by the alcoholic drink that ... he could not drive a motor vehicle in a safe manner\' was not an impermissible opinion on guilt
• concluding a police officer’s opinion that went to an ultimate issue for the jury was admissible when “based solely on his experience and his observation”
• “Because issues of credibility are reserved strictly for the trier of fact, testimony regarding the credibility of a key witness may also be improper.”
• officer could give his opinion that defendant was intoxicated because it was based on the defendant's physical characteristics
• officer could give his opinion that defendant was intoxicated because it was based on the defendant’s physical characteristics

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).