Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Accuracy, Honesty and Rights: Field Sobriety Tests in Florida »
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- If you’re ever pulled over under suspicion of DUI in Florida, the officer will normally perform a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) and take a breathalyzer reading.
The SFST is used to estimate the level of intoxication and can provide the cause to arrest. A breathalyzer is used mostly to confirm intoxication.
Sometimes, the breathalyzer may return a negative reading, contradicting the results of a field sobriety test. There have been many cases involving a driver that has been arrested after a SFST and registered a completely legal BAC at the station.
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DUI Defense Strategies: Field Sobriety Testing Errors »
Most of the times there are several errors in field sobriety test. A person should be lucky enough to pass a field sobriety test because it is a rare case that roadside sobriety test is done correctly.
Inaccuracies of Field Sobriety Tests
Many times, tests will be administered by the police at the site of the traffic stop in order to determine a suspect’s sobriety. The results and interpretation of these are subjective to say the least.
Moreover, you never know that how you would perform under different circumstances even though you are not drunk, these “results” will mean little in a court of law.
A certificate should be given to an experienced DUI trial lawyer as an instructor in Field Sobriety Testing, and he should have the ability to effectively point out the high level of subjectivity associated with these tests through cross examination.
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