Archive for April, 2009

Breath Temperature: The Joker in the Deck of Breath Testing

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Breath Tests | No Comments »

     Infrared breath testing devices such as the Intoxilyzer 5000 rely on certain assumptions.   Since a report of the National Safety Council in 1952 it has been assumed that there ... Read more..

Minnesota Supreme Court Source Code Victory

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, Case Law Update, Breath Tests | No Comments »

     The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a "split decision" in two Intoxilyzer source code cases today. However, the minimal showing required for disclosure of the source code augurs well for ... Read more..

Arizona v Gant

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Case Law Update | No Comments »

Arizona v. Gant - Click here to read the full opinion.Today the U.S. Supreme Court limited the circumstances under which officers may search the passenger compartment of a vehicle after ... Read more..

Officers get more than they bargained for.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in DUI Arrests That Made the News | No Comments »

SPRING HILL - Authorities made several DUI arrests over the weekend, including a woman who bared her chest to a deputy and a suspect who crashed head-on into a parked ... Read more..

Just when you thought you had seen it all — motorized bar stool

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in Current Events, DUI Arrests That Made the News | No Comments »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bar_stool_dui;_ylt=At0Y0x70vCM4zD6ouscmhMHtiBIFAuthorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool. Police inNewark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of ... Read more..