Gonzalez v. Montelongo
Gonzalez v. Montelongo
Opinion of the Court
I respectfully dissent. The opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in Graham v. Connor ,
According to this court's order, if plaintiff does not testify about her "level of intoxication," the defense may not open this door by asking leading questions on cross examination.
The officer's observations and the results of the field sobriety test are admissible. But the uncertified intoxilyzer results from two hours later cannot be used to prejudice the plaintiff in the eyes of the jury under the guise of impeaching her credibility on what happened at the time of the incident.
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