Hurlburt v. State

Judge ALLARD.

Jeromy Francis Hurlburt was the driver of a motor vehicle that veered off the road and onto a bike path, seriously injuring two female joggers. During the investigation that followed, the lead investigating officer erroneously told Hurlburt that he was required to submit to a blood test because he had caused an injury accident. In response, Hurlburt expressed concern about what the blood test might show and he told the officer that he had used methamphetamine "for the first time" four days earlier. Based, in part, on this statement, the officer administered field sobriety tests…