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August 31, 2024

A Critical Analysis of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests in North Carolina DUI Cases

In the realm of DUI law enforcement and prosecution, few tools have garnered as much attention and controversy as Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs).

These tests, designed to help law enforcement officers assess a driver’s level of impairment, have become a cornerstone of DUI investigations across the United States.

However, their reliability and accuracy have long been the subject of debate among legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, DUI defense lawyers, expert witnesses, and scientists.

February 22, 2015

DWI Burdens of Proof

by Carolina Attorneys

North Carolina Rules of Evidence

Modified Transcript of “DWI Burdens of Proof” for Hearing Impaired:

The third burden of proof that the state has to satisfy when we’re speaking about a prosecution for DWI, I’m just going to refer to as criminal procedure at large. When we’re talking about reasonable suspicion, typically we’re talking about the stop. When we’re talking about probable cause, we’re typically just talking about the arrest. Criminal procedure at large we’re talking about the process as a whole, but not from a factual end necessarily, but from a procedural one.