Quinn v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Thomas Jerome Quinn was convicted of DUI manslaughter arising from a vehicular accident on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to permit his proffered witness to testify as an expert, Quinn appeals from his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial. We reverse.

The accident occurred at 2:10 a.m. Because of delays occasioned by the injuries to the other driver, no blood sample was withdrawn from Quinn until 3:80 a.m. The state analyzed this sample for the presence of alcohol using gas chromatography, and received…