New Mexico Court of Appeals· 11/6/2007

State v. Neal

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176 P.3d 330
143 N.M. 341
2008 NMCA 008

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affirming a DWI conviction based on evidence that the defendant veered over the shoulder line three times, smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot watery eyes, admitted drinking, and failed to adequately perform field sobriety tests
affirming a DWI conviction based on evidence that the defendant veered over the shoulder line three times, smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot watery eyes, admitted drinking, and failed to adequately perform field sobriety tests
“The test is not whether substantial evidence would support an acquittal, but whether substantial evidence supports the verdict actually rendered.”
“The statute gives notice, according to the plain meaning of the word ‘influence,’ that the Legislature intends to criminalize a condition less than intoxication, but ‘influenced’ to any degree by alcohol, no matter how slight.”

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Judges: Sutin, Alarid, Vigil

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