State v. Mary

WOLLE, Justice.

In this involuntary manslaughter case, we granted the State’s application for discretionary review to decide whether the trial court erred in suppressing evidence of defendant’s blood-alcohol test. The trial court ruled that the State had not satisfied foundation requirements for use of the blood test. Central to the court’s ruling was its determination that no weight could be given to certain evidence of habit offered by the State to show the manner in which the blood sample had been taken. Because we find that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to give due…