· 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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