403 So. 2d 1225 - State v. Gregory’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2006
20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 316 So. 2d 100 - State v. Jones · 360 So. 2d 853 - State v. Graham · 392 So. 2d 1037 - State v. Morrison · State v. Goetz
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In order for the state to avail itself of the statutory presumption of a defendant's intoxication arising from a chemical analysis of his blood, La.R.S. 32:662, it must show (1) that the state has officially promulgated detailed methods, procedures and techniques to insure the integrity and reliability of the chemical tests including provisions for repair, maintenance, inspection, cleaning, chemical accuracy, and certification; and (2) that the state has strictly complied with the officially promulgated methods, procedures and techniques in the chemical analysis offered as evidence in the case on trial. * * *"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““6. Procedures for analysis using the Auto-Intoximeters. a. General observation of the subject for a period of fifteen minutes prior to testing whereby the subject shall not have ingested alcohol, alcoholic beverages, regurgitated, vomited or taken anything by mouth. b. The operator conducting breath analysis shall conduct such analysis in accordance with the “Auto-I operational check list” which contains, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Completing the information section concerning such things as name of subject, arresting and testing agency, instrument location, and date of instrument certification. (2) General: whereby instrument is turned on and fifteen minutes observation period is conducted. (3) Setup: Alcohol standard run whereby instrument is shown to be in calibration tolerance plus or minus .010g%, and blank test automatically run to show alcohol free instrument will be used in testing. (4) Test Subject: subject given test, when test subject light goes out, proper sample has been obtained. (5) Print: Printout button depressed whereby test results are printed automatically by the instrument. [[Image here]] c. Maintenance: Maintenance inspections will be performed on a routine basis at least once every four months by technicians working for the Applied Technology Unit. Items to be checked shall be, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Clean instrument (2) Running of a known alcohol value, thereby checking the instrument and calibration. Results shall b”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Tanner“"Chemical analyses of the person's blood, urine, breath or other bodily substance, to be considered valid under the provisions of this Part, shall have been performed according to methods approved by the Department of Public Safety and by an individual possessing a valid permit issued by said department for this purpose. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to approve satisfactory techniques or methods, to ascertain the qualifications and competence of individuals to conduct such analyses, and to issue permits which shall be subject to termination or revocation at the discretion of the department."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Corkran
How this case has been treated — in progress
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