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CAUSE NO. 1234567
§ COURT AT WW NO. 1
ORDER
On this day came on to be hard Defendant's Motion In lirnileTa PrecludeThe State Front Presenting Evidence Of Potential Civil Sanctions Fm
Defendant's ~ ehsd To Submit To Any Intoxllyzer Test, and dter considering the same it is hereby
GRANTED DEMBD.
SIGAXJ and ENTERED his
&y of
1. &IW~D& u. Stnte, 44 S.W.3d 656, 664 (Tex.App. -Austin 2001) (stating neither the Ma1 cou11 nor an appellate court hm the power to legislate
and read into a stahlte snmehing omitted therefrom hy the legishhlre by adding wards not in the statute)
2. It npst be ren~embered tlm in AbuiNe u Sot& DnBota, - U .S.. the Supreme Court found tl~at a refusal to t&e a breath test as admissbleand
not vialacwe of the privilegeagainst self-incrimination only becaitseit was releva~rt, i.e. Neville showed hisguilty mind by adniit~ing'Tm too dnnk
to pass the test "
3. Ci@ ofRockJbri u. Elliott, 308 IU.App3d 735,721 N E2d 715 (1999) (holding evidence of civil sanctio~~s for reh~sd inadmissible because
not authorized u~~der plain mmning of statute refi~sal wm automatically admissible and probative value of refusal sanctions were substantially antweighed
by dauger of ~~nfnir prejudice).
MEMORIALIZES
CHARLES BALDWIN
QUlN BRACKETT
JACK H. BRYANT
PHIL BURLESON
WARD P. CASEY
C. ANTHONY FRILOUX, JR.
EMMETT COLVlN
KNOX JONES
GEORGE F. LUQUETTE
DAVID A. NIX
DON R. WILSON, JR.
GEORGE ROLAND
RICHARD W. HARRIS
CWs Snnfrrelson is a partner of the Jaw Firm of Triclder & Sanmelson, P.C. in
Houston where he practices criminal law with an emplimis on Dm litigation. Chris
is an active member of both TCDU & the UCDL and is a freqent lecturer and
author on DWI related fopics,
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