that
sloped uphill. When she reached the top of the hill, she saw an approaching vehicle straddling the center line.
Defendant hit her brakes, swerved, collided with the oncoming vehicle, and lost consciousness. When she woke up,
the car was filled with smoke and she tasted blood in her mouth. Officer Dennis Serritella responded to the scene
and performed three sobriety tests, two of which defendant failed. He observed that she looked down multiple
times, spaced out her steps, slurred her speech, and had bloodshot and watery eyes. Concluding that she was
intoxicated, he arrested her.
          Defendant agreed to take an Alocotest (breathalyzer), which certified operator Officer Jose Brito
performed. First, he observed her for twenty minutes. At 10:08 p.m., the machine performed a control test.and two

pain relievers.   Defendant picked up the prescription at 8:48

p.m. at a pharmacy adjacent to the doctor’s office, but did not

take any medication at that time.

    On her way home, defendant turned onto Chestnut Street, a

two-lane, two-way road that slopes uphill in the direction

defendant was driving.   As she reached the top of the hill,

defendant saw a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.

According to defendant, the vehicle was straddling the center

line and thus driving in both lanes.   The vehicle had an

interior light on but its headlights were off.   Defendant hit

her brakes and swerved to the left of the oncoming car.

According to her testimony, she chose to swerve left instead of

right to avoid the cars parked along the right-hand