Legal Opinion

State v. Bjornsen

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 1978No. 41849PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of operating a motor vehicle while having ten-hundredths of one percent of alcohol by weight in his body fluid.

There is no evidence of the defendant’s intoxication sufficient to sustain a conviction other than the results of a blood test. The testimony of the sheriff who arrested defendant following the accident merely disclosed the defendant had the odor of alcohol on his breath and that a partially-filled wine bottle was found at the scene.

The chemist who tested the blood sample of the defendant testified the test conformed to the standard *710set forth in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. GrahamMissouri Court of Appeals · 1959

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. BaueNebraska Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. BurlingNebraska Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Motor Vehicle Administration v. LytleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
  4. Barcott v. State, Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  5. State v. KellerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1983

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