Kansas City v. Dugan

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of driving while intoxicated in violation of Section 34.-116, Revised Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, and imposed a fine of $230.00 as punishment. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court erred (1) in not permitting him to cross-examine two of the city’s witnesses by asking them whether they agreed with a “statement” contained in “an authoritative journal” and (2) by admitting into evidence a so-called “Breathalyzer Log”.

Gerald Fletcher, an officer on the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, testified that on August…