{"id":294,"date":"2011-02-11T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2011\/02\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial.html"},"modified":"2011-02-11T01:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T01:42:00","slug":"massachusetts-supreme-judicial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in Commonwealth v. Zeininger regarding admissibility of breathalyzer test results at DUI trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments on February 7, 2011 in the case of Commonwealth v. Zeininger,<\/a> which was an appeal of a drunk driving conviction out of the Greenfield District Court. The defendants in the case filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, which the SJC took on its own motion for direct view. As a Massachusetts OUI attorney<\/a>, this decision could have an important implications for attorney defending drunk driving cases. <\/p>\n

The defendant made three challenges to the admissibility of the breathalyzer test results. First, the defendant challenged the evidence presented by the Commonwealth to show that the breathalyzer machine was certified. Under the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Barbeau<\/u>, 411 Mass. 782 (1992),<\/a> in order to admit breathalyzer test results into evidence, the Commonwealth has to establish that the machine satisfies both the annual certification and the periodic testing requirements imposed by the Massachusetts regulation and the Barbeau<\/u> decision. <\/p>\n

The Commonwealth did not call a witness to prove the annual certification, but relied on the certification noted in the implied consent form. The implied consent form does not indicate who certified the breathalyzer testing machine. The Commonwealth can request a certification from the Office of Alcohol Testing, but it appears that the Commonwealth relied on the certification on the implied consent form rather than the full Office of Alcohol Testing documents that are certified by the Office of Alcohol Testing. <\/p>\n

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