Jones v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Dwight Jones was stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a police officer observed his vehicle cross the centerline of a four-lane highway and stay there for approximately sixty feet. After he stopped the defendant, the officer noticed that his eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred, and that he had a strong odor of alcohol about his person. After the defendant failed several field sobriety tests, the officer advised him of his rights under the implied consent law by reading him a card he carried for the purpose, and arrested him. The…