A Crete mother was charged with aggrevated DUI after running over and killing her 19-month old daughter. Yvette Guerro-Silva admitted to comsuming several alcoholic beverage before backing her minivan out of a driveway where her daughter was standing nearby. Her blood alcohol level was found to be over the legal limit of .08 and she has been charged with Class 2 and Class 4 felonies, and could be facing up to ten years in prison.
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3 MOST COMMON FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS
When a police officer pulls an individual over for suspicion of a DUI, they will typically administer tests to determine the intoxication of the individual, called field sobriety tests. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration helped develop the tests that are used, and the three listed below are the most common:
1. Walk and Turn: The driver will be asked to walk nine steps, heel-to-toe, in a straight line and then turn around and do the same on the way back. An officer will be looking for how well the individual follow directions and executes the manuver.
2. Horizontal Gaze: The officer will have the suspect follow the course of an object with his/her eyes, which is usually the officer's finger. The officer will make a judgment based on how smoothly the suspect's eyes follow the object and if there is any involuntary jerking of the eyes.
3. One Leg Stand: This test requires the suspect to stand on one leg, with the other six inches off the ground, and count "one-one thousand, two-one thousand," etc., until the officer asks them to stop. The officer will judge the individual on how well he/she follows directions and if he/she is able to maintain balance and execute the manuver.
1. Walk and Turn: The driver will be asked to walk nine steps, heel-to-toe, in a straight line and then turn around and do the same on the way back. An officer will be looking for how well the individual follow directions and executes the manuver.
2. Horizontal Gaze: The officer will have the suspect follow the course of an object with his/her eyes, which is usually the officer's finger. The officer will make a judgment based on how smoothly the suspect's eyes follow the object and if there is any involuntary jerking of the eyes.
3. One Leg Stand: This test requires the suspect to stand on one leg, with the other six inches off the ground, and count "one-one thousand, two-one thousand," etc., until the officer asks them to stop. The officer will judge the individual on how well he/she follows directions and if he/she is able to maintain balance and execute the manuver.
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