Supreme Court Upholds Intoxilyzer Breath-Testing Device's Validity
In a 4-3 ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld that the Intoxilyzer 5000EN is reliable even though the heavily-debated source code contains errors. What do you think? Is the breath-testing machine reliable?
The Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld that the Intoxilyzer breath-testing machine is reliable, ending a six-year battle in state and federal courts. In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court agreed with District Court Judge Jerome Abrams that the Intoxilyzer 5000EN—a device once used in DWI cases across the state of Minnesota—is reliable even though the heavily-debated source code contains errors. Dissenting from today’s ruling were Supreme Court Justices Alan Page, Paul H. Anderson and Helen Meyer. Wednesday’s ruling means that more than 4,000 DWI and implied-consent cases that have been held up during the appeals process will now proceed. But the thing is, the breath-testing device that has long been in question will be phased out by the end…
Susan
7:54 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Drinking and driving is illegal, Bobbo, this should not be controversial, this is common sense! If you get behind the wheel, after having more than one drink, you run MORE of a risk of hurting someone (including yourself) than if you got behind the wheel without that second or third drink....this is proven by studies. Didn't you see the tapes in school? I suppose you are against the seat belt law… more ›