HeraldNet

WA high court: DUI breath tests valid, machine results not at fault

EVERETT — A state Supreme Court ruling last week ended two years of confusion over the validity of alcohol breath tests in court cases — a case that sparked worry in Snohomish County over its impact ...
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Breath test machine set-up affects more than 100 DWI cases in Olmsted County

ROCHESTER — A machine used to measure the blood alcohol content of suspected impaired drivers in Olmsted County has been found to have an issue similar to what other counties have encountered, county ...
The Boston Globe

Nearly eight years of breath test results cannot be used in drunk-driving prosecutions, SJC rules

The state’s highest court ruled Wednesday that alcohol tests given in Massachusetts between June 2011 and April 2019 with a type of breath test machine that periodically malfunctioned cannot be used ...
La Crosse Tribune

Breath test error jeopardizes dozens of Winona County drunken driving cases

Pending drunken driving charges and convictions against 39 people in Winona County could be dismissed or vacated after an error was discovered with a breath test machine.
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Supreme Court of Canada upholds impaired driving convictions based on breath tests

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday upheld impaired driving convictions in two cases, saying criminal law amendments enacted in 2018 were intended to simplify prosecutions based on breath ...