SFST Legal and Ethical Considerations 5

Question 1

An officer fails to disclose a prior disciplinary record for dishonesty to the defense before testifying. This violates which constitutional doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Brady/Giglio disclosure requirements

Answer

Fruit of the poisonous tree

Answer

Inevitable discovery exception

Answer

Good faith immunity

Question 2

Missouri v. McNeely (2013) is significant to SFST follow-up procedures because it ruled that:

Accepted Answer

Warrantless blood draws do not qualify under the exigent circumstances exception automatically

Answer

HGN results are admissible without expert testimony

Answer

Officers may administer SFSTs without reasonable suspicion

Answer

Implied consent statutes are unconstitutional

Question 3

When SFST results are used in a civil DUI-related injury lawsuit, the standard of proof required is:

Accepted Answer

Preponderance of the evidence

Answer

Beyond a reasonable doubt

Answer

Clear and convincing evidence

Answer

Reasonable articulable suspicion

Question 4

An officer's use of racial or ethnic appearance as the primary basis for initiating an SFST stop violates:

Accepted Answer

The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Answer

NHTSA standardization guidelines only

Answer

The officer's duty of loyalty

Answer

State implied consent statutes

Question 5

An officer conducting SFSTs on a military base without jurisdiction authorization may have the evidence:

Accepted Answer

Suppressed for lack of legal authority to act

Answer

Admitted with a limiting instruction

Answer

Transferred to a civilian court automatically

Answer

Treated as valid under federal supremacy

Question 6

Qualified immunity in SFST-related civil suits protects officers from liability when:

Accepted Answer

Their conduct did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights

Answer

They follow any departmental policy, regardless of constitutionality

Answer

They obtain a conviction at trial

Answer

The arrest leads to a guilty plea

Question 7

An officer who coaches a witness to match the officer's SFST report testimony commits:

Accepted Answer

Witness tampering or obstruction of justice

Answer

Inadvertent discovery

Answer

Proper law enforcement coordination

Answer

A violation of chain of custody only