 | United States. Task Force on Drunkenness - 1967 - 148 lapas
...breath. The testimony of an expert medical witness on behalf of the defendant could be elicited.3" The extent of police time allotted to handling drunkenness...to precinct. In most cities a great deal of time is spent.37 The inebriate must be taken into custody, transported to jail, booked, detained, clothed,... | |
 | Robert Wallace Winslow - 1972 - 400 lapas
...arresting officer such as "bloodshot" and "glassy" eyes, "staggering gait," "odor" of aleohol on the defendant's breath. The testimony of an expert medical...burden on the urban courts. Notwithstanding the fact that an overwhelming caseload often leads judges to dispose of scores of drunkenness cases in minutes,... | |
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Cross-examination could be conducted on "observations" of a police officer such as "bloodshot" and "glassy" eyes, "staggering gait," "odor" of alcohol on defendant's breath. The testimony of an expert medical witness on behalf of the defendant could be... 