State v. Willie

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Chief Justice.

{1} Defendants Frank Julian and Travis Willie each waited for about an hour following their DWI arrests to submit to a breathalyzer test. They awaited the test in either the arresting officer’s patrol car with their hands cuffed behind their backs, a holding cell at the police station in view of the arresting officer, or the breath testing room while in the officer’s presence. After Defendants’ arrests, the officers engaged them in conversation and, in due time, Defendants each provided their breath samples. At trial, the officers testified that based on these…