{"id":1691,"date":"2018-09-01T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T01:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2018-09-02T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T14:50:05","slug":"ananias-breath-test-litigation-in-massachusetts-turns-to-the-issue-of-whether-the-oat-should-become-an-accredited-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/ananias-breath-test-litigation-in-massachusetts-turns-to-the-issue-of-whether-the-oat-should-become-an-accredited-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Ananias breath test litigation in Massachusetts turns to the issue of whether the Office of Alcohol Testing should become an accredited lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should the Office of Alcohol Testing in Massachusetts responsible for calibrating and certifying the breath test be an accredited lab? \u00a0This is the next issue before Judge Brennan in the Massachusetts breath test litigation in the case of Commonwealth v. Ananias.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Brennan recently granted the defense request for a hearing on this issue in the Ananias litigation. \u00a0The defense has requested that prior to the continued use of the breath test in Massachusetts that the OAT should seek accreditation. \u00a0In May of this year, I attended a seminar called Serious Science at the University of Texas Arlington Laboratory which was a five day program that focused on many of these scientific standard that will be at issue in the accreditation motion hearing. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does Accreditation mean? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/ananias-breath-test-litigation-in-massachusetts-turns-to-the-issue-of-whether-the-oat-should-become-an-accredited-lab\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Ananias breath test litigation in Massachusetts turns to the issue of whether the Office of Alcohol Testing should become an accredited lab\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should the Office of Alcohol Testing in Massachusetts responsible for calibrating and certifying the breath test be an accredited lab? \u00a0This is the next issue before Judge Brennan in the Massachusetts breath test litigation in the case of Commonwealth v. 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