as of his original sentencing date, February 23, 1996. 1 . As the Superior Court noted in Ruthardt, [t]he HGN test is one of several field sobriety tests recommended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association [ (“NHTSA”) ] to assist officers in determining whether an operator of a vehicle is driving while intoxicated.... The theory behind the test is that there exists a medically proven correlation between the consumption of alcohol and the existence of nys-tagmus in the human eye.... State v. Ruthardt, Del.Super., 680 A.2d 349, 351-52 n. 4 (1996). 2 . See Lampkins v. State, Del.Supr., 465 A.2d 785, 790 (1983) (relevance); Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Adams, Del.Supr., 541 A.2d 567, 570 (1988) (probative value). 3 . Cf. Best v. State, Del.Supr., 328 A.2d 141, 143 (1974) (<HOLDING>). 4 . Tr. at 11 (ruling from the bench). 5 .The
holding that the doctrine of stare decisis applies to the issue of reliability of new scientific techniques the intoxilyzer in that case holding that the doctrine of stare decisis is most frequently applied in cases affecting real property holding that stare decisis does not apply unless the question at issue was squarely addressed in prior decisions holding that stare decisis is not applicable unless the issue was squarely addressed in a prior decision recognizing that the doctrine of stare decisis embodies the obligation to follow precedent