· 3/31/2010
Lapp v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
Citations
- 692 S.E.2d 565
- 387 S.C. 500
- 2010 S.C. App. LEXIS 50
How courts have described this case
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- concluding the ALC did not err in affirming the OMVH hearing officer's determination that probable cause existed to arrest the defendant for DUI where the arresting officer detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from the defendant's vehicle and she refused to perform a field sobriety test
- \An officer may lawfully arrest for a misdemeanor not committed within his presence where the facts and circumstances observed by the officer give him probable cause to believe that a crime has been freshly committed.\
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Judges: Per Curiam
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