Chapter 6 - CHAPTER 6 EVIDENCE

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Chapter 6 EVIDENCE

Hon. Dana Nichols
Weld County Court

SYNOPSIS

§ 6.1 EVIDENCE OF INITIAL OBSERVATIONS

§ 6.2 EVIDENCE OF ROADSIDE SOBRIETY TESTS

§ 6.2.1—Summary

§ 6.2.2—Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

§ 6.2.3—Walk-and-Turn Test

§ 6.2.4—One Leg Stand

§ 6.2.5—Rhomberg (Modified Attention Maneuver) Test

§ 6.2.6—Alphabet or Counting Test

§ 6.2.7—Finger-to-Nose Test

§ 6.2.8—Preliminary Breath Test

§ 6.2.9—Vertical Gaze Nystagmus

§ 6.2.10—The Need for an Expert to Admit the Facts of the Tests

§ 6.2.11—The Need for an Expert Concerning Performance on the Tests

§ 6.2.12—Drug Recognition Experts

§ 6.2.13—Defendant's Refusal to Perform Tests

§ 6.3 EVIDENCE OF BREATH TESTS

§ 6.3.1—Introduction

§ 6.3.2—The Foundation for Admission

§ 6.3.3—The Reliability of the Testing Method

§ 6.3.4—The Requirement of Certification

§ 6.3.5—Chain of Custody

§ 6.3.6—Variance Between Test Results

§ 6.3.7—The Intoxilyzer Instruments

§ 6.3.8—Defendant's Refusal to Provide Sample

§ 6.3.9—Recantation After Refusal

§ 6.3.10—A Sampling of Cases

§ 6.4 EVIDENCE OF BLOOD TESTS

§ 6.4.1—Introduction

§ 6.4.2—The Foundation for Admission

§ 6.4.3—The Reliability of the Testing Method

§ 6.4.4—The Requirement of Certification

§ 6.4.5—Chain of Custody

§ 6.4.6—Variance Between Test Results

§ 6.4.7—Blood Draw and Testing Methods

§ 6.4.8—Defendant's Refusal to Provide Sample

§ 6.4.9—Recantation After Refusal

§ 6.4.10—A Sampling of Cases

§ 6.5 STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS OF THE DEFENDANT

§ 6.5.1—Admissibility of Statements by Defendant

§ 6.5.2—Admissibility of Silence by Defendant

§ 6.6 OPINION TESTIMONY

§ 6.6.1—Lay Opinion Concerning Intoxication

§ 6.6.2—Expert Opinion Concerning Intoxication

§ 6.6.3—Opinion Concerning Roadside Test Performance

§ 6.7 MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS

§ 6.7.1—Admissibility of General DMV Records

§ 6.7.2—Admissibility of Notice of Revocation

§ 6.8 HEARSAY ISSUES UNDER THE RULES OF EVIDENCE

§ 6.8.1—Hearsay Generally

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