Drunk Driving DUI Law

Many, MANY Arizona DUI cases may be thrown away and here’s why:
The Intoxilyzer 8000, looks as it is unreliable, a leading driving under the influence defense attorney said.
“This is going to be huge,” said Tucson lawyer James Nesci, because the current machine is widely used statewide as opposed to the older device, which was used [...]

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A Department of Public Safety contractor failed to inspect breath testing equipment as required by law, and then faked maintenance records to indicate that she had. As a result, at least 2,600 arrests for driving while intoxicated in the Houston area are in question.
Texas law requires that breath testing equipment be calibrated once a month [...]

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Despite this beacon of light in the judicial darkness, the courts of other states continue to ignore the pleas of the accused to confront their accusers.  Remember:  in the courts of most states, a citizen is rebuttably presumed by law to be guilty if one of these machines reads .08% or higher.  See my post [...]

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Columbus, OH.  AP, July 17  -  An Ohio Inspector General report says state troopers assigned to the Highway Patrol’s Canton post cheated on yearly exams required for law enforcement officers who give breathalyzer tests.
The report says Trooper Anthony Maroon made copies of an exam he took in 2007 and shared answers with other troopers when [...]

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The Ennis Police Department has started a program that reduces the time for processing cases of driving while intoxicated in Texas. LEADRS (Law Enforcement Advanced DUI/DWI Reporting System) is on on-line system tailored for the needs of law enforcement agencies. The centralized database allows police to file paperwork and retrieve information on Texas DWI arrests.
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If you’re not a convicted drunk driver, should you still be required to have an in-car breathalyzer fitted (at your expense, ‘natch) to your next new vehicle?
Apparently, some automakers — including GM and Toyota — think so. They and a few others are working together under the auspices of something called the Driver Alcohol Detection [...]

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It is an unfortunate fact that law and politics repeatedly trump science when it comes to prosecuting citizens accused of drunk driving…..  
In People v. Bransford, to cite one notable example, the California Supreme Court was confronted with a defendant who was challenging his DUI conviction on the grounds that he was not permitted to offer [...]

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Good post from a DUI law blog from California DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor.
Breathalyzers: Accurate Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
Posted by Lawrence Taylor on May 28th, 2008
I’ve written repeatedly in the past about the inaccuracy and unreliability of the various breath machines used to estimate blood alcohol concentrations.  See, for example, How Breathalyzers Work (and Why They [...]

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