You Can’t Tell Just from the Smell
Published for NC Criminal Law on August 10, 2009.
I’ve been asked more than once about whether the odor of alcohol combined with a positive reading on a portable breath alcohol screening test device, such as an ALCO-SENSOR, without more, constitutes probable cause to believe that a defendant has committed the offense of impaired driving. My answer? No. My reasoning? First, you can’t tell ... Read more
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