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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 987 S.W.2d 694
  • 337 Ark. 196
  • 1999 Ark. LEXIS 172

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that observations of police officers with regard to smell of alcohol and actions consistent with intoxication can constitute competent evidence to support a DWI charge
  • stating that refusal to take a breath or field sobriety test indicates consciousness of guilt
  • stating that officers’ testimony about smell of alcohol and actions consistent with intoxication can constitute evidence of DWI
  • sufficient evidence of intoxication where appellant was driving erratically and left of center, smelled of alcohol, was unable to stand upright without support, was unsteady on his feet, had bloodshot eyes, and refused to submit to breath or field sobriety tests

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Judges: Annabelle Clinton Imber

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