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· 4/9/1991

United States v. Elizabeth Reid, United States of America v. Lucy Boylan

Citations

  • 929 F.2d 990
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 5701
  • 1991 WL 47407

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that breathalyzer tests were reasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment because they were searches incident to lawful arrests
  • stating that breathalyser is the \best means of obtaining evi- dence of the breath alcohol content\
  • upholding multiple breath tests of one defendant under the exigent circumstances doctrine
  • defendants lawfully arrested after they were observed driving in a suspicious manner, smelled of alcohol, and failed FSTs
  • “The best means of obtaining evidence of the breath alcohol content, and the least intrusive way of testing, is the breathalyzer test.”
  • breathalyzer search incident to DWI arrest held to be constitutional

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Judges: Ervin, Hall, Norton

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