This is for TN.
My sister was arrested last night for public intoxication. From her side of the story she was walking home from the bar and went into a gas station to buy a lighter for cigarettes. When she exited the store a cop was coming in and smelled alcohol on her and started to ask questions. They only made the comments of you smell like alcohol and no field sobriety test was done and no blood test. Apparently she was never read her miranda rights upon being arrested either. This info could be useless and/or irrelevant and that's fine just putting it all out there. When I talked to her on the phone she did admit to drinking that night but she said she was sober enough to walk and talk straight. I didn't hear any slurring either. I am waiting to get a copy of the police report to verify stories. If it does come back and there was no FSBT and the only reason for arrest was bc she smelt of alcohol is that a strong case against her? I mean just because you smell of alcohol does not mean that your drunk and if you dont do a test to see how impaired someone is how can you say whether they were to drunk to walk home?

