Washington State DUI Lawyer: The DUI Investigation Handbook

Washington State DUI Lawyer:  The DUI Investigation Handbook

The following is an excerpt from the recently published The DUI Investigation Handbook.  This most valuable DUI Investigation book details in its 145 pages the entire DUI Investigation process law enforcement officers use to detect and investigate DUI drivers.  The DUI Investigation Handbook is available at over 100 locations including Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.  David N. Jolly is the author of 5 DUI books and the first DUI App for iTunes in the United States.  His next book, The Drug DUI Handbook, is due for release in September, 2011, and is the first book of its kind in the United States.  Look for excerpts in late August, 2011.

PHASE ONE:  VEHICLE IN MOTION

The first indicator that a driver may be under the influence usually comes from an officer's observation of the individual's driving (or phone calls from citizens to 911). Moreover, with limited exceptions an officer must observe driving that creates reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or otherwise violates the traffic code before making any contact with the driver.  Specifically, the Supreme Court in the seminal case Terry v. Ohio, 392 US 1 (1968) stated that a Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect and has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. Moreover, this reasonable suspicion must be based on "specific and articulable facts" and not merely upon an officer's hunch. To that end, and again, with limited exceptions, officer's must observe specific facts that they can articulate in order to validate a stop.

Jolly, David N.  The DUI Investigation Handbook.  Outskirts Press, Inc.  Page 13 (2011)

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