State v. Towler’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[MJatters of delay between driving and testing are properly viewed as going to the weight of the breath test results, rather than to the admissibility of the evidence. A valid breath test given within a reasonable time after the accused was stopped is probative of a violation of § 39-669.07. [Citations omitted.] In some cases, the delay may be so substantial as to render the test results nonprobative of the accused’s impairment or breath alcohol level while driving. In this case, however, the breath test was given less than 1 hour after the defendant was stopped. The evidence was relevant, and the trial court did not err in admitting the Intoxilyzer test result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Tejral