Opinion ID: 2076369
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Ms. Shelley's Testimony.

Text: Ms. Shelley, a sales representative for Wang Laboratories, substantially corroborated Mr. Eilers' account of the events of the night of the arrest. She confirmed that Mr. Eilers drank only a single beer at the River Club. [11] She testified that following their departure, Mr. Eilers stopped at a traffic signal behind a car that did not move for a minute or two. Since that vehicle remained in place, Mr. Eilers proceeded to drive around it. Ms. Shelley categorically denied that there was any disagreement, argument, slapping, pushing, or other commotion in the car, or that the officer had ever asked her about any such activity. She confirmed that after Officer Braswell pulled them over, it was Mr. Eilers, not the officer, who parked the BMW at the curb. Ms. Shelley observed Mr. Eilers while he was taking a number of the roadside tests. She described his performance as perfectly fine. He did not sway, wobble or lose his balance, and he was steady on his feet. She stated that she had no concern about her safety while Mr. Eilers was driving. Ms. Shelley also confirmed that the officer was rubbing the RBT, and that Mr. Eilers was complaining about this activity and refusing to take the test on the RBT for that reason. She stated that Mr. Eilers asked for the opportunity to take a test on another breathalyzer but was refused by Officer Braswell. Ms. Shelley further testified that she heard the officer tell Mr. Eilers that he would go to jail if the test on the RBT turned out positive. While Mr. Eilers was being processed in the van, Ms. Shelley, who was wearing a cocktail dress, was outside in the street, freezing and crying. When she asked Officer Braswell for her coat, he told me if I continued to harass him, that I could go to jail in addition to Jon's going to jail. Someone eventually put a coat over her shoulders. After Mr. Eilers was released, the officer told him that if you get in that car and drive, you'll go to jail. Accordingly, she drove the two of them home. Neither she nor Mr. Eilers ever went to the police station.