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· 8/12/1986

Dorman v. State

Citations

  • 492 So. 2d 1160
  • 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1755

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no probable cause to administer a blood alcohol test where officer knew the defendant had been involved in a collision, observed that the defendant’s eyes were red and watery and that the defendant had been crying, and did not smell alcohol on defendant’s breath
  • blood-alcohol test results not admissible for lack of substantial compliance with statutory requirements where trooper’s observation that defendant’s eyes were red insufficient to establish probable cause to take sample

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Judges: Nimmons

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