CITY OF SEATTLE v. STALSBROTEN

No. 66998-8.

978 P.2d 1059 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 227

CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, v. Loyd STALSBROTEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Eisenberg, Seattle Law Dept. Crim. Div., Seattle, for Petitioner.

Gene M. Grantham, Seattle, for Respondent.


DURHAM, J.

This case presents the question of whether it is constitutionally permissible for a trial court to admit evidence that a drunk driving defendant refused to perform field sobriety tests. Specifically, we must determine whether admitting such evidence violates the defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Because we conclude that a defendant's refusal to perform a field sobriety test (FST) is...

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