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field sobriety test in Mississippi

8 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 2003–2024 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Graves v. Stategreen
missctapp · 2000 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023Id. at 953 (¶7).

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Commonwealth v. Garciagreen
pasuperct · 2004 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
2 sentences

2017At most, the officer saw defendant on a single occasion float to the dotted line and then float back to the fog line.”); State v. Roark, 229 S.W.3d 216, 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007) (Officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and conduct a field sobriety test because the “[State Trooper Douglas] Barklage testified at trial that he saw Roark’s passenger-side tires cross the fog line twice, onto the paved shoulder of the highway . . . .”); Commonwealth v. Garcia, 859 A. 2d 820, 821-22 (Pa. Super.

2017At most, the officer saw defendant on a single occasion float to the dotted line and then float back to the fog line."); State v. Roark , 229 S.W.3d 216 , 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007) (Officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and conduct a field sobriety test because the "[State Trooper Douglas] Barklage testified at trial that he saw Roark's passenger-side tires cross the fog line twice, onto the paved shoulder of the highway ...."); Commonwealth v. Garcia , 859 A.2d 820 , 821-22 (Pa. Super.

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State v. Roarkgreen
moctapp · 2007 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
2 sentences

2017At most, the officer saw defendant on a single occasion float to the dotted line and then float back to the fog line.”); State v. Roark, 229 S.W.3d 216, 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007) (Officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and conduct a field sobriety test because the “[State Trooper Douglas] Barklage testified at trial that he saw Roark’s passenger-side tires cross the fog line twice, onto the paved shoulder of the highway . . . .”); Commonwealth v. Garcia, 859 A. 2d 820, 821-22 (Pa. Super.

2017At most, the officer saw defendant on a single occasion float to the dotted line and then float back to the fog line."); State v. Roark , 229 S.W.3d 216 , 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007) (Officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and conduct a field sobriety test because the "[State Trooper Douglas] Barklage testified at trial that he saw Roark's passenger-side tires cross the fog line twice, onto the paved shoulder of the highway ...."); Commonwealth v. Garcia , 859 A.2d 820 , 821-22 (Pa. Super.

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Wright v. City of Water Valleygreen
missctapp · 2002 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2008–2008
1 sentence

2008In Wright v. City of Water Valley, 832 So.2d 1241, 1244 (¶ 8) (Miss.Ct.App.2002), this Court held that the law does not require a police officer to ask a suspect about any medical impairments that would prevent the person from performing the field sobriety test.

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Young v. City of Brookhavengreen
miss · 1997 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2003–2003
1 sentence

2003Young v. City of Brookhaven, 693 So.2d 1355, 1361 (Miss.1997).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Randy Charles Wilson v. State of Mississippi green
miss · 2016
1 sentence

2024During closing argument, a “prosecutor may comment upon any facts introduced into evidence, and he may draw whatever deductions and inferences that seem proper to him from the facts.” Id. (internal quotation mark omitted).

12024–2024
Malcolm Cameron v. State of Mississippi green
missctapp · 2015
1 sentence

2021Id. at (¶4).

12021–2021
California v. Trombetta green
scotus · 1984
1 sentence

2015In Ellis , we held that “any exculpatory value of the events following the stop is significantly reduced” by a defendant’s admission “he was drinking and driving” and had been consuming alcohol earlier that day “and that he refused the field sobriety test and the Intoxilyzer test.” Id.

12015–2015
Stodghill v. State green
miss · 2005
1 sentence

2012(See Stodghill v. State, 892 So.2d 236 , 238 n. 3 (Miss.2005)).

12012–2012

Where else courts name it

OH 203 (1990–2026) PA 110 (1979–2026) TX 104 (1985–2026) IL 50 (1990–2026) LA 43 (1981–2015) HI 39 (1984–2025) GA 35 (1988–2022) OR 29 (1981–2022) CA 28 (1968–2025) NY 27 (1984–2026) WI 24 (1994–2025) MA 23 (1984–2024) FL 23 (1982–2023) WA 20 (1991–2026) IN 14 (1988–2020) NM 14 (1987–2024) MO 13 (1999–2025) VA 11 (1991–2022) NJ 10 (2005–2025) ME 10 (1995–2023) IA 10 (1978–2024) SC 9 (1996–2022) UT 9 (1987–2021) MS 8 (2003–2024) KS 8 (1987–2024) TN 8 (1988–2016) MD 8 (1990–2025) MT 8 (1984–2021) KY 8 (2004–2024) NC 7 (2005–2021) WV 7 (1997–2023) MN 7 (2001–2026) MI 6 (2002–2024) AZ 5 (1987–2026) ID 5 (1995–2021) VT 5 (1988–2023) NV 5 (1997–2020) AL 4 (1989–2001) WY 4 (1993–2019) CT 4 (1997–2002) DE 3 (2016–2025) ND 3 (1986–2005) VI 2 (2001–2017) SD 2 (1985–1989) AR 2 (2015–2026) NH 2 (2021–2024) DC 2 (2014–2015)

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