Appendix A. The district attorney's manual

• Author: Jonathan Dichter/Bruce Kapsack
• Pages: 437-496

APPENDIX A:

DA’S MANUAL

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APPENDIX A

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S MANUAL

I. PREPARING FOR TRIAL

A. Reviewing the Police Reports

1. In General

§A:01 Driving Pattern

§A:02 Age

§A:03 Gender

§A:04 Race

§A:05 National Origin

§A:06 Height and Weight

§A:07 Medical Condition and/or Treatment

§A:08 Physical Oddities/Special Medical Problems

§A:09 AKAs (Aliases)

§A:10 DMV Printouts

§A:11 Time Booked

§A:12 Destination and Origination

§A:13 Clothing Worn

§A:14 Vehicle Driven

2. Statements Made by the Defendant

§A:20 Alcohol Consumption

§A:21 Obscenities

§A:22 Fatigue

§A:23 Rising Blood Alcohol/Absorption

§A:24 Investigatory Questions/Miranda

3. Field Sobriety Tests

§A:30 Off‌icer’s Documentation

§A:31 Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

§A:32 DUI Drugs

§A:33 Refusals

§A:34 DMV Administrative Hearings

§A:35 Scene Visits/Photos

B. Interviewing Witnesses

§A:40 Police Off‌icers

§A:41 Non-Police Witnesses

C. Preparing for the Introduction of the Blood Alcohol Results

§A:50 The Breath Test

§A:51 The Blood Test

§A:52 The Urine Test

§A:53 The Blood Alcohol Expert

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Innovative DUI Trial Tools A-2

D. Response to Discovery Motions

§A:60 Typical Defense Requests and Motions

§A:61 Maintenance History

§A:62 Instructional Manuals

§A:63 Witness Rap Sheets

II. JURY VOIR DIRE AND PROPOSED SAMPLE QUESTIONS

§A:70 Imposition of Judicial Voir Dire

§A:71 Scope of Voir Dire

§A:72 Bias

§A:73 Voir Dire Questions

III. OPENING STATEMENT

A. The Prosecution’s Position

§A:80 Strategy Checklist

§A:81 A and B Count

B. Preempting the Defense Arguments

§A:90 The A Count

§A:91 The B Count

§A:92 Additional Points for Blood or Urine

§A:93 Refusal

IV. DIRECT EXAMINATION OF ARRESTING OFFICER AND OTHER PROSECUTION WITNESSES

A. Preparation for Examination of Arresting Off‌icer

§A:100 Preparation Before Trial

§A:101 Checklist for Preparing Off‌icer to Testify

§A:102 Checklist for Questioning Off‌icer at Trial

B. Sample Direct Examination Questions for Arresting Off‌icer

§A:110 General Background

§A:111 The Stop

§A:112 First Contact With Defendant

§A:113 FSTs

§A:114 Modif‌ied Position of Attention Test

§A:115 Post-FST Questions

§A:116 Chemical Test Admonition

§A:117 Refusal Admonition

§A:118 Breath Test

§A:119 Blood Tests

§A:120 Urine Test

C. Cross-Examination and Redirect Examination of Off‌icer

§A:130 Cross-Examination of the Off‌icer

§A:131 Demonstration of FSTs by Off‌icer

§A:132 Was the Defendant 647(f) (Drunk in Public) or Other Arrestable Offense?

§A:133 Redirect Examination

D. Questions for Other Prosecution Witnesses

§A:140 Breath Machine Operator Questions

§A:141 Blood Technician/Nurse Questions

V. EXAMINATION OF THE PROSECUTION’S ALCOHOL EXPERT

A. Introduction

§A:150 Goals for Direct Examination of Criminalist

§A:151 Blood Alcohol Not Exclusive Measurement of Impairment

§A:152 Testing Methods

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A-3 The District Attorney’s Manual

B. Breath Test Short Form Direct Examination Questions

§A:160 Intoxilyzer 5000

§A:161 Tips on Redirect

§A:162 Notes on Delayed Absorption

C. Blood Draw Direct Examination

§A:170 Blood Alcohol Results

§A:171 Redirect Examination

D. Urine Testing

§A:180 In General

§A:181 Points of Attack

E. General Questions and Blood Alcohol Calculation Questions

§A:190 Opinion Testimony by Experts

§A:191 General Interpretation Questions

§A:192 Blood Alcohol (BA) Calculation Questions

VI. COMMON DEFENSES FOR CHEMICAL TESTS

A. General

§A:200 Main Defense Approaches

§A:201 Qualif‌ication of Criminalist

B. Breath Analysis Defense Issues

§A:210 Overview

§A:211 Partition Ratio Generally

§A:212 Defendant’s Individual Partition Ratio

§A:213 Mouth Alcohol

§A:214 Maintenance of Instrument

§A:215 Radio Frequency Interference

§A:216 Acetone and Solvent Interferences

§A:217 Arterial vs. Venous Blood

§A:218 Temperature

§A:219 Hematocrit

§A:220 Mother Solution for Calibration Checks

§A:221 Low Calibration Checks Readings

§A:222 Simulator Solution Temperature

C. Blood Analysis Defense Issues

§A:230 Lack of Preservative/Anticoagulant

§A:231 Micro Clots

§A:232 Bacterial Growth

§A:233 Contamination of Sample From Arm Swab

§A:234 Switched Samples

§A:235 Instrument Calibration

§A:236 Hematocrit (Blood Cell Count)

§A:237 Drug/Alcohol Interactions

§A:238 Aspirin/Tagamet

§A:239 Venous vs. Arterial Blood

D. Urine Analysis Defense Issues

§A:250 1.3:1 Ratio (Blood to Urine)

§A:251 Void Studies

§A:252 Residual Urine

§A:253 Special Note

E. Widmark Calculations Defense Issues

§A:260 Time to Peak Alcohol Level

§A:261 Burn-Of f Rate

§A:262 Widmark’s Factor