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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

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