Connecticut Public Defender 2014 Seminar: Important DUI Cases

Important DUI Caselaw

How many cases can the Ruanes lose at trial and

appeal?

Legality of ArrestState v. Lamme, 216 Conn 172 (1990)

State v. Cyrus, 297 Conn 828 (2010)

State v. Dalzell, 96 Conn. App. 515 (2006)

Operation State v. Ducatt, 22 Conn. App. 88 (1990)

State v. Wiggs, 60 Conn. App. 551 (2000)

State v. Haight, 279 Conn. 546 (2006)

State v. Cyr, 291 Conn. 49 (2009)

State v. Borelli, 94 Conn. App. 849 (2006)

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

State v. Merritt, 233 Conn. 302 (1995)

State v. Commins, 86 Conn. App. 496 (2004)

State v. Popeleski, 291 Conn. 769 (2006)

“We refuse to make sense”State v Balbi, 89 Conn. App. 567

“The State must lay a proper foundation with regard to the qualifications of the individual administering the test and demonstrate that the test was conducted in accordance with generally accepted scientific standards such as those specified in the relevant sections of NHTSA manual

VERSUS State v. Weed, 118 Conn. App. 654

“There is no authority, however, for the defendant’s claim that the horizontal gaze nystagmus test must be administered in accordiance with the standards set for by the traffic saefty adminstration”

State v. Popeleski 291 Conn. 769 (2009)

Good enough for Government work

Other Field Tests

State v. Merritt, 36 Conn. App. 90 (1994)

State v. Gracia, 51 Conn. App. 4 (1998)

State v. Tenay, 150 Conn. App. 140 (2014)

State v. Kelley, 95 Conn. App. 423 (2006)

Police Officers as Experts

• State v. Lamme, 19 Conn. App. 594 (1989)

• State v. Pjura, 68 Conn. App. 119 (2002)

• But, State v. Gracia . . . .

Part B Informations

State v. Kratzert, 70 Conn. App. 565 (2002)

State v. Tenay, 150 Conn. App. 140 (2014)

State v. Brandt, 118 Conn. App. 725 (2010)

Roadblocks

State v. Mikolinski, 256 Conn. 543 (2001)

State v. Commollo, 141 Conn. App. 295 (2013)

Refusal of TestingState v. Weed, 118 Conn . App. 654 (2009)

State v. Burns, 140 Conn. 347 (2013)

State v. O’Rourke, pending argument

Hospital Blood Tests

State v. Kirsch, 263 Conn. 390 (2003)

State v. Lee, 138 Conn. App. 420 (2012)

Themes

Motions

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