Supreme Court of Vermont· 6/3/1988

State v. Gray

Citations

552 A.2d 1190
150 Vt. 184
1988 Vt. LEXIS 146

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concluding that it was reasonable to conduct field sobriety tests based on observation of defendant driving on curb, odor of alcohol, and empty beer bottles in defendant’s truck
concluding that the administration of field-sobriety tests was a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, but that such a seizure was “reasonable” if the detaining officer could point to “specific articulable facts” warranting the stop
finding test taken \nearly two hours after the operation of the vehicle\ admissible where results appropriately related back by an expert
noting that a detention may begin with a routine investigatory stop and may escalate, with “each inquiry by the officer [leading] to further evidence justifying further restraints on defendant’s freedom until probable cause exists] to arrest defendant and process him for DUI”
rejecting a similar “ ‘chug-a-lug’ theory” because the evidence did not support it
“escalating” circumstances justified further restraints and led to probable cause for arrest

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Judges: Allen, Peek, Gibson, Dooley, Mahady

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