State, Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety v. Clements

OPINION

The Facts

On June 23, 1987, Trooper Patricia Kinard of the Nevada Highway Patrol arrived at a property damage accident on U.S. Hwy. 95 at Rainbow Boulevard. Kinard observed a blue pickup truck facing south in the northbound lane. Respondent Gerald Clements admitted to Kinard that he was driving the pickup truck. Kinard noted that Clements had a strong odor of alcohol and that his eyes were bloodshot. Kinard then administered a series of field sobriety tests to Clements, all of which he failed. Kinard then placed Clements under arrest for driving while intoxicated.

At the Las Vegas City…