Field Sobriety Tests During Traffic Stops

Published for NC Criminal Law on April 14, 2009.

Several recent inquiries have been variants of the following question: can an officer administer field sobriety tests during a routine traffic stop? In other words, if an officer has reasonable suspicion that a driver has committed a traffic violation, and has a hunch, not rising to the level of reasonable suspicion, that the driver is ... Read more

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