{"id":392,"date":"2015-02-21T05:41:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T05:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2015\/02\/state-supreme-court-delivers-f.html"},"modified":"2015-02-21T05:41:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T05:41:03","slug":"state-supreme-court-delivers-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/state-supreme-court-delivers-f\/","title":{"rendered":"HGN test ruled in admissible by the Kansas Supreme Court during DUI trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas Supreme Court recently issued a decision dismissing one of the most controversial pieces of evidence used in an OUI trial – the horizontal gaze nystagmus test (HGN)<\/a>. Finding no evidence to support the reliability of HGN test results, the high court forbade trial judges from admitting HGN test results for ANY purpose at all, until expert scientific evidence is presented to establish the test’s reliability in measuring intoxication levels. <\/p>\n

The Kansas court issued this important ruling in the recent case of City of Wichita v. Molitor<\/a><\/u>. In Molitor<\/u>, the defendant was pulled over for failing to signal a right turn at a stop sign. Though the defendant correctly stopped at the sign, and properly completed the turn, he did so without signaling. And though the defendant passed two of three sobriety tests, the officer still required him to take a breath test, which registered a BAC level of .09 percent. The defendant was then arrested for an OUI. <\/p>\n

After the officer stopped the defendant, the officer approached the vehicle and detected an odor of alcohol. The officer also noticed that the defendant had watery and bloodshot eyes, and so asked the defendant if he had consumed alcohol earlier that evening. The defendant replied that he had a couple beers, and the officer ordered him to exit the vehicle for field sobriety testing. <\/p>\n

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