Legal Opinion

People v. Campos

Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California

Decided November 9, 1982No. Crim. A. No. 19108PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

FOSTER, Acting P. J.

Cruz Taveras Campos was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol1 and submitted to a blood test to determine the alcohol content of his blood. The test reading indicated an alcohol content of .10 percent, but the test employed contained an inherent inaccuracy of plus or minus .005 percent, thus making it impossible to determine the alcohol content more precisely than that it was at some figure between .095 percent and .105 percent. On his appeal from the judgment of conviction, Campos contends that it was prejudicial error on the basis of this…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  4. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  5. State v. RuckerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1972

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Barcott v. State, Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  2. State v. KellerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1983
  3. State v. ShupingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  4. Haynes v. State, Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1993
  5. People v. PritchardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984

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