Florida DUI Handbook
Chapter 1.
Pleading, Proof of Basic Elements, and Defenses
§ 1:1. Charging documents and other preliminary considerations in DUI cases
§ 1:2. Circumstantial evidence
§ 1:3. Proof of driving or actual physical control of a vehicle
§ 1:4. Operable vehicle
§ 1:5. Under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances
§ 1:6. Impairment of normal faculties or the presence of a blood or breath alcohol level over.08
§ 1:7. Jury instructions on blood or breath alcohol levels
§ 1:8. Commercial vehicles
§ 1:9. Defenses
§ 1:10. Entrapment
§ 1:11. Duress
§ 1:12. Necessity
§ 1:13. Voluntary intoxication and insanity
§ 1:14. Involuntary intoxication
§ 1:15. Intervening cause
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Chapter 2. Enhancement
§ 2:1. Prior offenses and enhancing factors
§ 2:2. Driving while impaired resulting in damage or nonserious injury
§ 2:3. Driving while impaired resulting in serious injury
§ 2:4. Driving while impaired resulting in death
§ 2:5. Allegations of charging document as to enhancement
§ 2:6. Enhancement procedures
§ 2:7. Proof of prior convictions
§ 2:8. Uncounseled prior convictions
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Chapter 3. Multiple Charges and Trial
Introduction
§ 3:1. The nature of the double jeopardy clause
§ 3:2. Prosecutions for multiple criminal traffic offenses based on the same episode or transaction involving injury or damage to one person or item of property
§ 3:3. Prosecution for multiple DUI offenses based on the same episode or transaction involving injury or damage to multiple persons or items of property
§ 3:4. Effect of other traffic offenses, civil proceedings, license suspension proceedings, and detention on DUI prosecutions
§ 3:5. Application of estoppel
§ 3:6. Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.151 and 3.152
§ 3:7. Dismissal of charge as a result of a mistrial or other premature termination of trial
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Chapter 4. Suppression of Evidence: Validity of Detention
Introduction
§ 4:1. Procedural considerations
§ 4:2. Consensual encounters
§ 4:3. Reasonable suspicion
§ 4:4. Tips, BOLOs, & informants
§ 4:5. Innocent behavior and unusual events
§ 4:6. Connection with other crimes
§ 4:7. Presence in high crime area as sole factor or combined with other factors
§ 4:8. Drug courier profiles
§ 4:9. Application of standards for investigatory stops to driving ability or behavior
§ 4:10. The duration of detention
§ 4:11. Stops to issue citations or make arrests on other traffic charges
§ 4:12. Arrest
§ 4:13. Arrest: warrantless entry into home
§ 4:14. Officer's authority to arrest
§ 4:15. Probable cause for DUI arrest
§ 4:16. Probable cause for arrest or search on other charges
§ 4:17. Fresh pursuit
§ 4:18. Officer not in fresh pursuit outside of officer's jurisdiction
§ 4:19. Pretextual stops
§ 4:20. Citizen's arrest
§ 4:21. Roadblocks
§ 4:22. Exceptions to the exclusionary rule
§ 4:23. Good faith exception
§ 4:24. The inevitable discovery rule
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Chapter 5. Securing Samples for Chemical or Physical Testing
Introduction
§ 5:1. Constitutional rights applied to securing samples
§ 5:2. Overview and scope of Implied Consent Law
§ 5:3. The forcible extraction of a blood sample
§ 5:4. Reliance on implied consent
§ 5:5. Reliance on voluntary consent
§ 5:6. Use of a warrant or other discovery tools to secure test results obtained for a purpose other than prosecution
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Chapter 6. Administrative Regulations
Introduction
§ 6:1. Validity of regulations
§ 6:2. Foundation for establishing compliance with regulations
§ 6:3. Approval, registration, and inspections
§ 6:4. Qualifications, training, and permitting requirements
§ 6:5. Administration of breath and blood test
§ 6:6. Observation period for breath test
§ 6:7. Number of tests, timing, and margin of errors
§ 6:8. Admissibility of test results upon noncompliance with regulations
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Chapter 7. Field Sobriety Tests
Introduction
§ 7:1. Probative value and prejudicial impact
§ 7:2. Constitutional considerations in dealing with field sobriety tests
§ 7:3. HGN tests
§ 7:4. Crash report privilege
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Chapter 8. Other Potential Evidentiary Problems
Introduction
§ 8:1. Opinion testimony and scientific evidence
§ 8:2. Evidentiary problems with documentary and physical evidence
§ 8:3. Other hearsay issues
§ 8:4. Other objections
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Chapter 9. Drug Use
Introduction
§ 9:1. The Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DEC)
§ 9:2. Admissibility of evidence of drug use
§ 9:3. Prejudicial effect of evidence of drug use
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Chapter 10. Refusal to Submit to Tests
Introduction
§ 10:1. Constitutional issues relating to refusals
§ 10:2. Admissibility of refusal to submit to chemical or physical tests
§ 10:3. Admissibility of refusals to submit to field sobriety tests
§ 10:4. Jury instructions relating to refusal
§ 10:5. Independent offense for refusal
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Chapter 11. Preservation of Evidence
Introduction
§ 11:1. General principles
§ 11:2. Videotape
§ 11:3. Preservation of samples
§ 11:4. Independent chemical tests
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Chapter 12. Admissibility of Statements
Introduction
§ 12:1. Miranda rights at the scene of the stop
§ 12:2. Statements that may be exempt from Miranda requirements
§ 12:3. Biographical information
§ 12:4. Performance on field sobriety tests
§ 12:5. Defendant's comments during instruction on field sobriety tests and chemical or physical tests
§ 12:6. Spontaneous or gratuitous statements
§ 12:7. Invocation of rights
§ 12:8. Validity of waiver and voluntariness of statements
§ 12:9. Taint of unlawful arrest
§ 12:10. Comment on exercise of right to remain silent
§ 12:11. Accident report privilege
§ 12:12. Corpus delicti
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Chapter 13. Sentencing
Introduction
§ 13:1. Fines, fees, costs, and incarceration
§ 13:2. Driver license or privilege penalties
§ 13:3. Probation, treatment, and educational provisions
§ 13:4. Ignition interlock devices
§ 13:5. Impoundment and immobilization
§ 13:6. Minors