{"id":406,"date":"2015-05-21T22:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T22:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2015\/05\/court-rejects-challenge-to-bre.html"},"modified":"2015-05-21T22:07:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T22:07:50","slug":"court-rejects-challenge-to-bre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/court-rejects-challenge-to-bre\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Appeals Court rejects challenge to breath test results based on the Office of Alcohol Testing not providing a manual for breath test machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Appeals Court in an unpublished decision ruled that the lack of an operator&#8217;s manual for the new breath test machine did not bar admission of the test results into evidence. The decision was an unreported decision. This decision has been anticipated for almost a year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\">Massachusetts OUI Lawyers<\/a> as it was argued on June 5, 2014. The Court held that the power point presentation was sufficient as training for the officer and that the defendant did not claim that the officer lacked formal training to administer the breath test.<\/p>\n<p>The Court held that the OAT was in compliance with the regulation and even assuming it was out of compliance the Court would not have suppressed the breath test result. The Appeals Court did not read the regulation pertaining to the breath test manual as requiring the Office of Alcohol Testing to create a manual.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/court-rejects-challenge-to-bre\/#more-406\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Appeals Court in an unpublished decision ruled that the lack of an operator&#8217;s manual for the new breath test machine did not bar admission of the test results into evidence. The decision was an unreported decision. 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