Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2/16/1988

State v. Gilbert

Citations

751 S.W.2d 454
1988 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 220

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holding that “field sobriety tests are not „scientific tests‟; and the admissibility of the results is not to be governed by rules pertaining to the admission of scientific evidence.”
holding that “field sobriety tests are not ‘scientific tests;, and the admissibility of the results is not to be governed by rules pertaining to the admission of scientific evidence”
holding that “[w]hen the defendant elected to testify in support of his defense, and took the witness stand, he waived his constitutional rights, federal and state, against self incrimination”
determining that when officer was in pursuit of defendant’s vehicle within his jurisdiction, he was -6- authorized to stop the defendant after his vehicle crossed into the next county
waiver by failing to stand on motion for judgment of acquittal and by failing to make references to the record
state not required to prove blood sample drawn in compliance with § 55-10-406(a)(1)

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Judges: Jones, Duncan, Daughtrey

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