Legal Opinion
Luginbyhl v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided August 30, 2005No. Record 1333-04-4PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA, Senior Judge.
Alan Luginbyhl was charged with and convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) pursuant to Code § 18.2-266. On appeal, he contends his conviction should be reversed because the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a certificate of blood alcohol analysis based on the result obtained from a breath test. Specifically, he argues that admission of the document violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. For the reasons that follow, we disagree and affirm his conviction.
I. Background
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