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Up to 1000 DUI cases in Philadelphia may be impacted by a faulty breath test machine that was not properly calibrated.\u00a0 What happened in Philadelphia is that an expired solution was used to calibrate the breath test machine. \u00a0This error was discovered by a DUI Lawyer likely in preparing one of his cases in order to attempt to have the results excluded at trial. \u00a0Gray Hall wrote an article for ABC6<\/a> in Philadelphia discussing the problems with the machine and notes that the police department were quick to say that the machine was working properly and that is was human error.<\/p>\n

In Massachusetts, we are in the process of our own litigation over the accuracy of the breath test machine. Over 700 cases have been stayed awaiting the resolution of the litigation in the Concord District Court which concerns the following issues:<\/p>\n

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  1. Is the Computer Program, known as the source code, scientifically reliable?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Up to 1000 DUI cases in Philadelphia may be impacted by a faulty breath test machine that was not properly calibrated.\u00a0 What happened in Philadelphia is that an expired solution was used to calibrate the breath test machine. \u00a0This error was discovered by a DUI Lawyer likely in preparing one of his cases in order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breathalyzer-testing"],"yoast_head":"\nBreath Test Calibration Errors impact over 1000 DUI cases in Philadelphia — Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — July 11, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Up to 1000 DUI cases in Philadelphia may be impacted by a faulty breath test machine that was not properly calibrated.\u00a0 What happened in 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