Florida DUI Reference: Case Law and Forensic Science

A public reference

This is the authority behind The Florida DUI Trial Manual, published openly: 160 Florida and federal decisions and 54 scientific sources, grouped by the subject they bear on, with 197 of them linked straight to the opinion or the paper. It is an index, not an argument. Nothing here tells you what a case holds, because the only honest way to use authority is to read it, which is why the links are here.

Florida has no public index like this. A lawyer working a breath case, a journalist checking a claim, or anyone who wants to know how a blood alcohol number is actually produced should be able to reach the underlying sources without buying anything.

Verify before you rely. Cases get receded from, distinguished, and overruled, and studies get superseded. Check the current status of anything you intend to cite. Links go to CourtListener and PubMed; where a source could not be resolved to a stable public record, it is listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere unreliable.

The standard reference works

The treatises a Florida DUI case is argued out of.

• Garriott’s Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol, Yale H. Caplan & Bruce A. Goldberger, eds.. The standard reference on alcohol in the forensic setting.
• Alcohol, Drugs, and Impaired Driving, A.W. Jones, Jorg Morland & Ray Liu, eds. (CRC Press, 2020). The current scholarly survey of impaired-driving science.
• Disposition of Toxic Drugs and Chemicals in Man, Randall C. Baselt (12th ed., Biomedical Publications, 2020). The per-drug reference for the drugged-driving case.
• Basic Gas Chromatography, Harold M. McNair, James M. Miller & Nicholas H. Snow (3d ed., John Wiley & Sons). How the instrument behind a blood alcohol number actually works.
• Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus: The Science and the Law, National Traffic Law Center (2d ed. 2021). The prosecution-side manual on the eye test, worth reading precisely because of who wrote it.
• Phlebotomy Essentials, Ruth E. McCall (8th ed., Wolters Kluwer). The collection standards a legal blood draw is measured against.

The NHTSA curricula

The roadside battery is not folklore. It is a federal training program with published participant and instructor manuals, and the officer who arrested you was taught out of them. NHTSA publishes the current DWI detection and standardized field sobriety testing curricula, along with the ARIDE and drug evaluation materials, free: nhtsa.gov, SFST resources.

These matter more than most defense lawyers realize. The manuals set out how each exercise is to be administered, what counts as a clue, and what the validation studies actually claimed. When an officer departs from the manual he was trained on, the departure is documented in the State’s own curriculum, not in an expert’s opinion. The validation studies behind those manuals are listed below, and the cross-examination built on them is worked through in The Florida DUI Trial Manual.

The scientific literature

The peer-reviewed research and federal testing literature the manual works from, on alcohol pharmacokinetics, breath and blood analysis, drug testing, and the field sobriety battery.

Alcohol pharmacokinetics

• Holland & Ferner, A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Acute Tolerance to Alcohol: The “Mellanby Effect”, 55 Clinical Toxicology 545 (2017) PubMed
• Jones & Andersson, Influence of Age, Gender, and Blood-Alcohol Concentration on the Disappearance Rate of Alcohol from Blood in Drinking Drivers, 41 J. Forensic Sci. 922 (1996) PubMed
• Jones, Evidence-Based Survey of the Elimination Rates of Ethanol from Blood with Applications in Forensic Casework, 200 Forensic Sci. Int’l 1 (2010) PubMed
• Klockhoff, Naslund & Jones, Faster Absorption of Ethanol and Higher Peak Concentration in Women after Gastric Bypass Surgery, 54 Brit. J. Clinical Pharmacology 587 (2002) PubMed
• Levine & Smialek, Status of Alcohol Absorption in Drinking Drivers Killed in Traffic Accidents, 45 J. Forensic Sci. 3 (2000) PubMed
• Saskoy, Taylor, Rooney & Trotter, Back to the Future: Retrograde Alcohol Calculations an Uncertain Science, 64 Science & Justice 455 (2024) read or buy
• Watson, Watson & Batt, Prediction of Blood Alcohol Concentrations in Human Subjects: Updating the Widmark Equation, 42 J. Stud. Alcohol 547 (1981) read or buy

Measurement uncertainty

• Labianca, The Flawed Nature of the Calibration Factor in Breath-Alcohol Analysis, 79 J. Chem. Educ. 1237 (2002) read or buy

Breath testing

• Anderson & Hlastala, Breath Tests and Airway Gas Exchange, 20 Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 112 (2007) read or buy
• Bailey, Detection of Isopropanol in Acetonemic Patients Not Exposed to Isopropanol, 28 Clinical Toxicology 459 (1990) PubMed
• Caldwell & Kim, The Response of the Intoxilyzer 5000 to Five Potential Interfering Substances, 42 J. Forensic Sci. 1080 (1997) PubMed
• Dubowski, Quality Assurance in Breath-Alcohol Analysis, 18 J. Analytical Toxicology 306 (1994) read or buy
• Fox & Hayward, Effect of Hyperthermia on Breath-Alcohol Analysis, 34 J. Forensic Sci. 836 (1989) PubMed
• Fox & Hayward, Effect of Hypothermia on Breath-Alcohol Analysis, 32 J. Forensic Sci. 320 (1987) read or buy
• George, Babb & Hlastala, Dynamics of Soluble Gas Exchange in the Airways. III. Single-Exhalation Breathing Maneuver, 75 J. Applied Physiology 2439 (1993) PubMed
• Gullberg, Estimating the Measurement Uncertainty in Forensic Breath-Alcohol Analysis, 11 Accreditation & Quality Assurance 562 (2006) read or buy
• Haggard, Greenberg & Turner, The Physiological Principles Governing the Action of Acetone Together with Determination of Toxicity, 26 J. Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology 133 (1944) find it
• Hlastala & Anderson, The Impact of Breathing Pattern and Lung Size on the Alcohol Breath Test, 35 Annals of Biomedical Engineering 264 (2007) PubMed
• Jones & Andersson, Variability of the Blood/Breath Alcohol Ratio in Drinking Drivers, 41 J. Forensic Sci. 916 (1996) PubMed
• Jones, Quantitative Measurements of the Alcohol Concentration and the Temperature of Breath During a Prolonged Exhalation, 114 Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 407 (1982) PubMed
• Logan, Gullberg & Elenbaas, Isopropanol Interference with Breath Alcohol Analysis: A Case Report, 39 J. Forensic Sci. 1107 (1994) PubMed
• Sterling, The Rate of Dissipation of Mouth Alcohol in Alcohol Positive Subjects, 57 J. Forensic Sci. 802 (2012) read or buy
• Strawsine & Lutmer, The Effect of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Vapors on Evidential Breath Alcohol Test Results, 63 J. Forensic Sci. 1284 (2018) PubMed

Blood testing and gas chromatography

• Blume & Lakatua, The Effect of Microbial Contamination of the Blood Sample on the Determination of Ethanol Levels in Serum, 60 Am. J. Clinical Pathology 700 (1973) PubMed
• Chang & Kollman, The Effect of Temperature on the Formation of Ethanol by Candida albicans in Blood, 34 J. Forensic Sci. 105 (1989) PubMed
• Clark & Jones, Studies on Putrefactive Ethanol Production, 27 J. Forensic Sci. 366 (1982) find it
• Rainey, Relation Between Serum and Whole-Blood Ethanol Concentrations, 39 Clinical Chemistry 2288 (1993) PubMed
• Zittel & Hardin, Comparison of Blood Ethanol Concentrations in Samples Simultaneously Collected into Expired and Unexpired Venipuncture Tubes, 30 J. Analytical Toxicology 317 (2006) PubMed

Drug and oral fluid testing

• Hartman & Huestis, Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills, 59 Clinical Chemistry 478 (2013) read or buy
• Jones, Age- and Gender-Related Differences in Blood Amphetamine Concentrations in Apprehended Drivers: Lack of Association with Clinical Evidence of Impairment, 102 Addiction 1085 (2007) PubMed
• Kelly, Addanki & Bagasra, The Non-Specificity of the Duquenois-Levine Field Test for Marijuana, 5 Open Forensic Science J. 4 (2012) read or buy
• Morland & Bramness, Delta-9-THC Is Present in the Body between Smoking Sessions in Occasional Non-Daily Cannabis Users, 309 Forensic Sci. Int’l 110188 (2020) PubMed
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets, DOT HS 809 725 available from NHTSA
• Rasmussen, Olsen & Johansen, Chiral Separation and Quantification of R/S-Amphetamine, R/S-Methamphetamine, R/S-MDA, R/S-MDMA, and R/S-MDEA in Whole Blood by GC-EI-MS, 842 J. Chromatography B 136 (2006) read or buy

Laboratory practice

• Dror & Pierce, ISO Standards Addressing Issues of Bias and Impartiality in Forensic Work, 65 J. Forensic Sci. 800 (2020) PubMed

Field sobriety testing and HGN

• Citek, Ball and Rutledge, Nystagmus Testing in Intoxicated Individuals, 74 Optometry 695 (2003) PubMed
• Cole and Nowaczyk, Field Sobriety Tests: Are They Designed for Failure?, 79 Perceptual & Motor Skills 99 (1994) PubMed
• McKnight, Langston, McKnight and Lange, Sobriety Tests for Low Blood Alcohol Concentrations, 34 Accident Analysis & Prevention 305 (2002) PubMed
• Moskowitz, Burns and Ferguson, Police Officers’ Detection of Breath Odors from Alcohol Ingestion, 31 Accident Analysis & Prevention 175 (1999) PubMed
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Development and Field Test of Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrest, DOT HS 805 864 (1981) available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Field Evaluation of a Behavioral Test Battery for DWI, DOT HS 806 475 (1983) available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrest, DOT HS 802 424 (1977) available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The Detection of DWI at BACs Below 0.10, DOT HS 808 654 available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The Visual Detection of DWI Motorists, DOT HS 808 677 available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Validation of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test Battery at BACs Below 0.10 Percent, DOT HS 808 839 (1998) available from NHTSA

Drug recognition evaluation

• Kane, The Methodological Quality of Three Foundational Law Enforcement Drug Influence Evaluation Validation Studies, 12 J. Negative Results in BioMedicine 16 (2013) PubMed
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Field Evaluation of the Los Angeles Police Department Drug Detection Program, DOT HS 807 012 (1986) available from NHTSA
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Identifying Types of Drug Intoxication, DOT HS 806 753 (1985) available from NHTSA
• Rubenzer & Stevenson, Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus: A Review of Vision Science and Application Issues, 55 J. Forensic Sciences 394 (2010) PubMed
• Rubenzer, The Standardized Field Sobriety Tests: A Review of Scientific and Legal Issues, 32 Law and Human Behavior 293 (2008) PubMed
• Shinar & Schechtman, Drug Identification Performance on the Basis of Observable Signs and Symptoms, 37 Accident Analysis and Prevention 843 (2005) PubMed

Boating under the influence

• Fiorentino, Validation of Sobriety Tests for the Marine Environment, 43 Accident Analysis & Prevention 870 (2011) PubMed

Theory and theme

• Asch, Forming Impressions of Personality, 41 J. Abnormal & Soc. Psychol. 258 (1946) read or buy

Trial practice

• Forgas, Mood and Judgment: The Affect Infusion Model (AIM), 117 Psychological Bulletin 39 (1995) PubMed

Florida and federal decisions

Grouped by the subject each is cited for in the manual.

Alcohol pharmacokinetics

• Haas v. State, 597 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 1992) read it

Breath testing

• CMI, Inc. v. Landrum, 64 So. 3d 693 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) read it
• Collins v. State, 438 So. 2d 1036 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983) read it
• Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) read it
• Panaro v. State, 238 So. 3d 305 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018) read it
• Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. 779 (2024) read it
• State v. Bastos, 985 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) read it
• State v. Donaldson, 579 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 1991) read it
• Ulloa v. CMI, Inc., 133 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 2013) read it
• Williams v. State, 167 So. 3d 483 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) read it

Blood testing and gas chromatography

• Goodman v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 238 So. 3d 102 (Fla. 2018) read it
• Hendrieth v. State, 483 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) read it
• Rafferty v. State, 799 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) read it
• Rink v. Cheminova, Inc., 400 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2005) read it
• State v. Johnson, 982 So. 2d 672 (Fla. 2008) read it

Drug and oral fluid testing

• Sabree v. State, 978 So. 2d 840 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) read it
• Shaw v. State, 783 So. 2d 1097 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) read it
• State v. Kliphouse, 771 So. 2d 16 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) read it
• State v. Taylor, 648 So. 2d 701 (Fla. 1995) read it

Field sobriety testing and HGN

• Robinson v. State, 982 So. 2d 1260 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) read it
• State v. Barone, 374 So. 3d 31 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023) find it

The stop

• Baxter v. State, 389 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024) find it
• Brendlin v. California, 551 U.S. 249 (2007) read it
• Campbell v. State, 812 So. 2d 540 read it
• Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. 194 (2021) read it
• City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, 531 U.S. 32 (2000) read it
• Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648 (1979) read it
• Fieselman v. State, 537 So. 2d 603 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988) read it
• Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000) read it
• Ford v. State, 400 So. 3d 838 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025) read it
• Hayes v. Florida, 470 U.S. 811 (1985) read it
• Heien v. North Carolina, 574 U.S. 54 (2014) read it
• Holland v. State, 696 So. 2d 757 (Fla. 1997) read it
• Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990) read it
• Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. 393 (2014) read it
• Owens v. State, 317 So. 3d 1218 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) find it
• Popple v. State, 626 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 1993) read it
• State v. Abelson, 485 So. 2d 861 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986) read it
• State v. Jones, 483 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 1986) read it
• Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) read it
• Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. 306 (2021) read it
• Underhill v. State, 197 So. 3d 90 read it
• Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996) read it

Search and seizure

• Aguilar v. State, 239 So. 3d 108 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) read it
• Denehy v. State, 400 So. 2d 1216 (Fla. 1981) read it
• Herring v. United States, 555 U.S. 135 (2009) read it
• Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113 (1998) read it
• Kurecka v. State, 67 So. 3d 1052 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) read it
• Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431 (1984) read it
• Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757 (1966) read it
• United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984) read it
• Utah v. Strieff, 579 U.S. 232 (2016) read it

Administrative suspension

• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Bailey, 870 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Cherry, 91 So. 3d 849 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Farley, 633 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Hernandez, 74 So. 3d 1070 (Fla. 2011) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Perry, 751 So. 2d 1277 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Possati, 866 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Roberts, 938 So. 2d 513 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) read it
• Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Trimble, 821 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002) read it
• Johnson v. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 709 So. 2d 623 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) read it
• Lee v. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 4 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) read it
• Vichich v. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 799 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) read it
• Wiggins v. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 209 So. 3d 1165 (Fla. 2017) read it

Predicates and Daubert

• Owen v. State, 363 So. 3d 1035 (Fla. 2023) find it

Experts and cross-examination

• Calloway v. State, 210 So. 3d 1160 (Fla. 2017) read it
• Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973) read it
• Duss v. Garcia, 80 So. 3d 358 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) read it
• Gerber v. Iyengar, 725 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) read it
• Harper v. State, 677 So. 2d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) read it
• Hayes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 933 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) read it
• Houghton v. Bond, 680 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) read it
• Kloster Cruise, Ltd. v. Rentz, 733 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) read it
• Linn v. Fossum, 946 So. 2d 1032 (Fla. 2006) read it
• McBean v. State, 688 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) read it
• Perez v. Bell South Telecommunications, Inc., 138 So. 3d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) read it
• Schwarz v. State, 695 So. 2d 452 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) read it

Trial motions and objections

• Brooks v. State, 122 So. 3d 418 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) read it
• Cardenas v. State, 867 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 2004) read it
• Chesser v. State, 30 So. 3d 625 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) read it
• Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121 read it
• Knight v. State, 107 So. 3d 449 read it
• Leveritt v. State, 924 So. 2d 42 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) read it
• Martinez v. State, 761 So. 2d 1074 (Fla. 2000) read it
• Moreno v. State, 418 So. 2d 1223 read it
• Morris v. State, 988 So. 2d 120 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) read it
• Richardson v. State, 246 So. 2d 771 (Fla. 1971) read it
• Rivera v. State, 561 So. 2d 536 read it
• State v. Harbaugh, 754 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 2000) read it
• State v. Rodriguez, 575 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 1991) read it
• State v. Savino, 567 So. 2d 892 read it
• State v. Talty, 692 So. 2d 936 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) read it
• Story v. State, 589 So. 2d 939 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991) read it
• Vannier v. State, 714 So. 2d 470 read it

Trial practice

• Birch ex rel. Birch v. Albert, 761 So. 2d 355 read it
• Gamsen v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 68 So. 3d 290 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) read it
• Harrison v. State, 172 So. 3d 1018 read it
• Hillsman v. State, 159 So. 3d 415 read it
• Ingrassia v. State, 902 So. 2d 357 read it
• La Rosa v. Zequeira, 659 So. 2d 239 read it
• Lavado v. State, 492 So. 2d 1322 read it
• Mendez v. State, 898 So. 2d 1141 read it
• Morton v. State, 667 So. 2d 463 read it
• Mosely v. State, 842 So. 2d 279 read it
• Nagel v. State, 774 So. 2d 835 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) read it
• O’Hara v. State, 642 So. 2d 592 read it
• Ramirez v. State, 901 So. 2d 332 read it
• Roberts v. Tejada, 814 So. 2d 334 read it
• Sanders v. State, 707 So. 2d 664 read it
• Stevens v. State, 928 So. 2d 409 read it
• Tejada v. Roberts, 760 So. 2d 960 read it
• Walker v. State, 724 So. 2d 1232 read it
• Wyatt v. State, 78 So. 3d 512 read it

Objections and evidence

• Bennett v. State, 352 So. 3d 15 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022) find it
• Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. 647 (2011) read it
• Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 (1974) read it
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673 (1986) read it
• Filan v. State, 768 So. 2d 1100 read it
• Jackson v. State, 738 So. 2d 382 read it
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305 (2009) read it

Serious injury and manslaughter

• Brackin v. Boles, 452 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 1984) read it
• Vedner v. State, 849 So. 2d 1207 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) read it

Practice appendices

• Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51 (1988) read it
• Baber v. State, 775 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 2000) read it
• Bedell v. State, 250 So. 3d 146 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) read it
• Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420 read it
• Birchfield v. North Dakota, 579 U.S. 438 (2016) read it
• Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) read it
• Bruch v. State, 954 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) read it
• California v. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 479 (1984) read it
• Crooks v. State, 710 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998) read it
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) read it
• Dobrin v. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 874 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 2004) read it
• Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491 (1983) read it
• Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 read it
• Gulley v. State, 501 So. 2d 1388 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987) read it
• Hunter v. State, 639 So. 2d 72 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) read it
• Jones v. State, 187 So. 3d 346 read it
• Miller v. State, 785 So. 2d 662 read it
• Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. 141 (2013) read it
• Mitchell v. Wisconsin, 139 S. Ct. 2525 (2019) read it
• Montes-Valeton v. State, 216 So. 3d 475 (Fla. 2017) read it
• Morales v. State, 785 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) read it
• Robertson v. State, 604 So. 2d 783 (Fla. 1992) read it
• Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015) read it
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973) read it
• State v. Barber, 360 So. 3d 1180 (Fla. 2d DCA 2023) read it
• State v. Bender, 382 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 1980) read it
• State v. Cameron, 837 So. 2d 1111 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) read it
• State v. Geiss, 70 So. 3d 642 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011) read it
• State v. Kleiber, 175 So. 3d 319 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) read it
• State v. Meador, 674 So. 2d 826 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) read it
• State v. Miles, 775 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 2000) read it
• Thorp v. State, 777 So. 2d 385 (Fla. 2000) read it
• United States v. Campbell, 26 F.4th 860 (11th Cir. 2022) read it
• Vitiello v. State, 281 So. 3d 554 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) find it

General

• Florida Supreme Court in Baber v. State, 775 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 2000) read it
• State v. Belvin, 986 So. 2d 516 (Fla. 2008) read it
• State v. Miles called crucial to the analysis, holding that regulations silent on how a sample is kept were inadequate to ensure reliability. The Second District echoed the point in Rafferty v. State, 799 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) read it
• State v. Sclafani, 704 So. 2d 128 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) read it

Where these are worked through

Each of these sources is applied, and argued with, in The Florida DUI Trial Manual. If you are facing a Florida DUI rather than litigating one, the plain-English book is free. If the number is the whole case and you would rather hand it off, I take referrals and co-counsel.

This index is general information, not legal advice, and citing a source here is not a representation about its current validity or its application to any case. Outbound links go to third-party archives that the firm does not control.