The San Diego Superior Court erred when it disallowed Hlastala from testifying about certain issues regarding breath. Also some very interesting discussions on McNeal. “Defendant’s appeal from the conviction is based on the trial court’s ruling disallowing any expert testimony from defendant that would have presented a physiologist’s scientific criticisms of the reliability of the…Read More
The highest court just expanded the right of confrontation on 6/23/11 in Bullcoming v. New Mexico which clarified and expanded the right of the defense to cross examine the witnesses against him. In this context, the state court had allowed the testimony of another analyst to validate the blood test report after the prosecution did…Read More
The rule was put into place after a Reno officer was killed during a stop that other officers did not know about. Police departments also embraced the rule because they recognized that some officers use their positions of authority to gain sexual favors, so the call-out rule protects the public, he said. “The evidence will…Read More
Associated Press – February 28, 2011 8:14 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) – Authorities say a Georgia Tech baseball player has been charged with driving under the influence. A police report obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution states that Matt Skole was arrested and charged in early February after a Georgia State Patrolman pulled him over on…Read More
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. A central Florida man was charged with driving under the influence after authorities say he was caught driving a golf cart the wrong direction on a divided highway. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office reports that a deputy stopped 36-year-old Eric Perez shortly after midnight Saturday. The cart had no lights, and Perez reportedly…Read More
Times staff Posted: Feb 28, 2011 12:50 PM BROOKSVILLE — Eric Perez predicted to deputies that he would have a hard time passing a sobriety test early Saturday. Deputies say he was right. A deputy stopped Perez, 36, as he was driving a golf cart in the wrong direction along State Road 50 shortly after…Read More
Debra Oberlin (Credit: Alachua County Sheriff’s Office) (CBS) – Here’s one MADD unfortunate case of do as I say, not as I do. PICTURES: Most Outrageous Mug Shots Debra Oberlin, a former president of a defunct chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was arrested recently by the Gainesville, Fla. police – for drunk driving,…Read More
FROM SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A west suburban woman had a blood alcohol level of .188 when she crashed a Jeep into a median early Friday, sending the vehicle flying over freight tracks and onto the CTA Blue Line tracks in west suburban Oak Park. Jessica Garcia, 21, of the 1300 block of South 59th Avenue…Read More
Gov. Susana Martinez witnessed another one of her legislative priorities fail Saturday in committee. House Bill 49, designed to prosecute individuals arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin, would have allocated more funding for law enforcement officials to draw blood samples from those suspected of being…Read More
Los Angeles – A suspected drunken driver in a Ford Explorer crashed the sport utility vehicle into a sober-living house in South Los Angeles early today. The driver and a passenger were temporarily trapped in the wreckage at 8005 S. Figueroa St. after the roughly 12:55 a.m. accident, according to police and firefighters. The two…Read More
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