The Elements of DWI

• Author: Deandra M. Grant/Kimberly Griffin Tucker
• Pages: 605-618

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CHAPTER 13

THE ELEMENTS OF DWI

I. Introduction

§13:01 DWIs Are Highly Litigated and Fact-Dependent

§13:02 The DWI Statute

§13:03 Culpable Mental State Not Required

§13:04 Involuntary Intoxication Is Not a Defense to DWI

§13:05 Voluntary Act Defense?

§13:06 Checklist for Involuntary Act Defense

II. Operating a Motor Vehicle

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§13:21 No Proof of Movement Is Needed

§13:22 When No One Has Observed Your Client Driving

§13:23 Circumstantial Evidence Can Prove Time and Fact of Operation

§13:24 When the Client Confesses to Driving

§13:25 The Defense of Necessity to Operate

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IV. In a Public Place

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§13:41 Areas Determined to Be Public

§13:42 Areas Determined Not to Be Public

V. While Intoxicated

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§13:51 Entitlement to Use Is Not a Defense

§13:52 Loss of Normal Faculties—Whose Normal?

§13:53 When the Intoxicant Is Alcohol

§13:54 When the Intoxicant Is Not Alcohol

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§13:56 Per se at .08 or Greater at Time of Driving

§13:57 Use of Circumstantial Evidence to Establish Temporal Link

§13:58 Use of Retrograde Extrapolation to Establish Temporal Link