State v. Theriault

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Chief Judge.

On April 26, 1983, appellee was stopped by Tucson police, having been observed making repeated lane changes and having been paced at 65 m.p.h. in a 40 m.p.h. zone. When appellee got out of his vehicle, the officer noted he had difficulty steadying himself, and detected a strong odor of intoxicants on his breath. The officer put him through a series of field sobriety tests, to which appellee consented, to determine whether appellee’s driving ability was impaired. When appellee performed poorly on these tests, he was arrested and taken to the station for an…