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Police View Of The Intoxicant, Leo R. Collins Jan 1962

Police View Of The Intoxicant, Leo R. Collins

Cleveland State Law Review

Many law enforcement officers have found, on being subjected to cross-examination, that in their efforts to arrest an intoxicant they had failed to gather enough competent evidence illustrating the intoxicant's condition at the time of arrest. As a result of many "not guilty" verdicts, modern law enforcement agencies have progressed from the time when an officer would merely ask the subject to repeat a rhyme that the subject would find difficult to say if he were drunk, to modern methods where intoximeter or other machine tests, movies, and tape recordings are used to supplement the officer's report.


Defense Of An Intoxicated Motorist, Carl H. Miller Jan 1962

Defense Of An Intoxicated Motorist, Carl H. Miller

Cleveland State Law Review

This examination into the various aspects of defending an intoxicated driver is by no means complete. Its purpose is to indicate the problem areas in which the most care must be taken in order to insure the constitutional rights of the client.The great majority of individuals charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor are convicted, and in most cases, rightly so. It is that small percentage of individuals wrongfully charged, or if rightfully charged, wrongfully convicted, that concerns the writer.


Defense Of An Intoxicated Motorist, Carl H. Miller Jan 1962

Defense Of An Intoxicated Motorist, Carl H. Miller

Cleveland State Law Review

This examination into the various aspects of defending an intoxicated driver is by no means complete. Its purpose is to indicate the problem areas in which the most care must be taken in order to insure the constitutional rights of the client.The great majority of individuals charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor are convicted, and in most cases, rightly so. It is that small percentage of individuals wrongfully charged, or if rightfully charged, wrongfully convicted, that concerns the writer.


Police View Of The Intoxicant, Leo R. Collins Jan 1962

Police View Of The Intoxicant, Leo R. Collins

Cleveland State Law Review

Many law enforcement officers have found, on being subjected to cross-examination, that in their efforts to arrest an intoxicant they had failed to gather enough competent evidence illustrating the intoxicant's condition at the time of arrest. As a result of many "not guilty" verdicts, modern law enforcement agencies have progressed from the time when an officer would merely ask the subject to repeat a rhyme that the subject would find difficult to say if he were drunk, to modern methods where intoximeter or other machine tests, movies, and tape recordings are used to supplement the officer's report.