Salt Lake City v. Garcia

WILKINS, Judge:

Defendant Carol Garcia appeals her conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol, a class B misdemeanor, in violation of Salt Lake City Code § 12.24.100 (1995). Specifically, Garcia appeals the trial court’s decision to admit a police officer’s testimony of the results of her Horizontal Gaze Nystag-mus test. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On March 5, 1994, around 8:30 p.m., Officer Warner, an officer with eleven and one-half years of police experience, observed a ear turn left onto State Street in Salt Lake City. The car turned in heavy traffic, with two teenagers sitting on the…