CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Presumptions & Burden of Proof
......Criminal Presumptions-Burden of Proof
.........Driving Under Influence
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Presumptions re whether person driving under influence of alcohol.
  • Presumption satisfies due process because of long recognized and scientific relationship between blood alcohol level and degree of intoxication.
  • Presumption not unconstitutional; rational connection exists between fact proved and fact presumed.
  • D's conduct before and after accident rebutted presumption that he was not DUI with BAL of .05%.
  • VC §23155 presumption, that person is not under influence if BAL is less than .05% or less at time of test, is rebuttable.
  • License suspension affirmed where P failed to rebut chemical test presumption she was driving with excessive blood alcohol level.