Hager v. Commissioner of Public Safety

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that officer had reasonable suspicion to administer preliminary breath test when driver’s eyes were bloodshot and watery and he smelled of alcohol
• stating that a driver’s bloodshot and watery eyes and an odor of 4 alcohol provided reasonable suspicion of DWI and a legal basis for a PBT
• officer’s observation that defendant had bloodshot and watery eyes, smelled of alcohol, and failed a preliminary breath test supported probable cause to arrest for DWI
• “General allegations that test results were affected by a substance, without specific proof, cannot be used to invalidate the test results.”
• “Even while in custody, the only obligation that [the officer] had was to allow [the driver] the use of a telephone.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).