The Old Portable Breath Test Ain’t What She Used to Be

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 16, 2014.

Portable breath tests don’t go very far anymore in proving whether a suspect is impaired from alcohol.  That’s because the legislature amended G.S. 20-16.3(d) in 2006 to provide that the alcohol concentration results from such a test, termed an alcohol screening test by statute, are not admissible in court— not even for purposes of determining ... Read more

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