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Originally Posted by MartinSE
I assume you then, in your career also saw that there can be reasons other than intoxication for a person to appear intoxicated. And without a test a good lawyer has a case (with a doctors testimony) to get the suspect off because of an existing medical condition.
MOST of the time, it's a drunk, but lets not just convict the innocent because most of the time its a drunk.
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A law enforcement officer obviously can smell and see the difference between a diabetic emergency, for example, and a drunk.