John Burkoff on Use of Field Sobriety Tests in DUI Cases
Publish Date/Time:
April 19, 2011 Professor John Burkoff explained to Pittsburgh's WTAE (Channel 4) News why a Lawrence County judge found a field sobriety test to be inadequate to sustain a prima facie case for DUI. The ruling concerned an incident in which a 59 year old woman could not pass the a standard part of a field sobriety test by standing on one leg. The court held that such tests cannot be used for people over 60 years of age.
