State v. King

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Defendant, Alvin P. King, appeals from his conviction for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DWI) contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 66-8-102(C)(1) (2010), commonly referred to as per se DWI. Defendant argues that the district court (1) erred by refusing to allow him to present expert scientific testimony on the reliability and accuracy of the intoxilyzer machine used to determine his breath alcohol content, and (2) violated his confrontation rights by allowing the admission of his breath test result without live testimony from the key operator or…