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Criminal law — Driving under influence — Evidence — Scientific evidence — Breath test results — Daubert hearing on admissibility of breath test results from Intoxilyzer 8000 is not necessary where both Florida Legislature and Florida Department of Law Enforcement have determined that methodology and results of Intoxilyzer 8000 tests are reliable and admissible
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Criminal law -- Driving under influence -- Evidence -- Scientific evidence -- Breath test results -- Daubert hearing on admissibility of breath test results from Intoxilyzer 8000 is not necessary where both Florida Legislature and Florida Department of Law Enforcement have determined…


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Criminal law — Driving under influence — Evidence — Expert — Blood alcohol content — Extrapolation — Deputy who has no formal toxicology, medical, biomedical, or pharmacological training is not qualified to testify as to what defendant’s blood alcohol level would have been at time she was driving based on results of breath test performed one and a half hours after she was detained
Aug 26th, 2025 in by admin

Criminal law -- Driving under influence -- Evidence -- Expert -- Blood alcohol content -- Extrapolation -- Deputy who has no formal toxicology, medical, biomedical, or pharmacological training is not qualified to testify as to what defendant's blood alcohol level…


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