DWI Toolkit

• Author: Deandra M. Grant/Kimberly Griffin Tucker
• Pages: 887-898

DWI TOOLKIT

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Chapter 17

DWI TOOLKIT

The DWI defense practitioner needs to stay current on case law in many other areas such as reasonable suspicion

to contact, probable cause to arrest, jury charges in DWI cases, etc. We attempt in each edition to update the case

law relevant to each chapter but some cases do not f‌it neatly into any one chapter. Below you will f‌ind summaries

of cases in the “other” categories. A hat tip to San Antonio attorney Michael Gross who maintains the annually

updated “Gross DWI Case Law Update” that serves as the inspiration for this chapter.

I. JURY SELECTION AND INSTRUCTION

A. Jury Shuff‌le

§17:01 Timeliness of Demand to Shuff‌le

B. Voir Dire

§17:02 Voir Dire on Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Permitted

C. Jury Instructions

§17:03 Entitlement to Article 38.23 Jury Instructions

II. EVIDENCE ISSUES

A. Offering Party’s Obligation to Redact Evidence to Make It Admissible

§17:04 Unredacted Evaluation Denied Appellant Impartial Determination of Competency

B. Tex. R. Evid. 803(1): Hearsay—Present Sense Impression

§17:05 Off‌icer Narration on a DWI Video Not Present Sense Impression

C. Proving up a Prior DWI

§17:06 Computer Print Out of Conviction Record Was Suff‌icient

§17:07 Prior Convictions Must Be Ref‌lected in Final Judgments

D. Tex. R. Evid 702: Scientif‌ic Evidence

§17:08 Daubert and Kelly Apply to All Scientif‌ic Evidence

E. Authentication of Video Evidence

§17:09 Video Can Be Authenticated Without Witness Testimony

F. Estoppel

§17:10 State Estopped from Objecting to Admissibility of Evidence They Provided to Defense

III. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ART. 44.01(A)(5): APPEAL BY STATE IN CRIMINAL CASE (LATE

TENDERED EVIDENCE)

§17:11 Oral Order Did Not Provide Basis for Appellate Court Jurisdiction

IV. TEX. TRANSP. CODE §724.012(B): BREATH AND BLOOD SPECIMENS

§17:12 Only One Usable Specimen May Be Taken in a DWI Case