Supreme Court of Iowa· 1/24/1990

State v. Murphy

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451 N.W.2d 154
1990 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 6
1990 WL 5271

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holding that HGN testing is not unlike any other lay, field-sobriety test and that it therefore requires no admissibility foundation for scientific evidence
concluding that testimony of properly trained police officer was sufficient to admit HGN evidence, despite exam’s “pretentiously scientific name,” because “[t]he ease with which the test may be administered and evaluated obviates the need for a more scientific interpretation”
explaining that a police officer may opine on a defendant’s sobriety because Iowa Rule of Evidence 704 allows opinions on an “ultimate fact issue”
holding the HGN is admissible through the testimony of police officer, because it reflects the officer’s observation
noting'“it has long been held that a witness, either lay or expert, may testify to an ‘ultimate fact which the jury must determine,’ ” including an officer’s personal observation regarding a defendant’s insobriety (citation omitted)
discussing HGN, walk-and-turn, and one-leg-stand tests as reliable indicators of intoxication

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Judges: Megiyerin, Carter, Lavorato, Neuman, Andreasen

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