Arce v. State

Miller, Judge.

The question on appeal is whether Miranda warnings must precede field sobriety tests during routine roadside questioning, where the detained driver is not under formal arrest but exhibits many physical manifestations of intoxication amounting to probable cause to arrest. We answer in the negative and affirm.

An officer observed Wanda Arce’s speeding vehicle make a right turn and slide sideways, travel down the wrong side of the road, turn into a service station, and stop. She jumped out and crouched or squatted beside the car. The officer activated his blue lights, pulled up…