Anatomy Of A DWI Arrest And What Happens At The Police Station
I. The Stop
II. (i)Time (ii) Reasonable Articulable Suspicion
III. The Inquiry and Responses
Is probable cause developing?
IV. The Documents
(i) Driver’s License; (ii) Registration; (iii) Insurance
(a) Speech, (b) Hand movement.
V. The Suspicion/Questioning
(i) Odor of alcohol? (ii) Admission to consumption.
The Preexist Tests
(i) Instruction (ii) Advisement of Rights
The Standardized Field Side Sobriety Tests-
Opinion: Pass/Fail subjective
The Arrest
Time
(ii) Advisement of rights
The Transport
The Processing/Breath Test
(Alcotest & Results)
Compliance with relevant cases and
State v. Chun, 194 NJ 54,943A2d 114 (2008)
The Release –
John’s Law
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