State v. Carpenter

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant assigns as error that the trial court admitted into evidence the results of the breathalyzer test. Defendant’s argument is based upon two premises.

First he argues that the State failed to show that the breathalyzer operator was competent to administer the test because the State failed to introduce into evidence a valid permit. In State v. Powell, 10 N.C. App. 726, 179 S.E. 2d 785 (1971), affirmed 279 N.C. 608, 184 S.E. 2d 243 (1971), we clearly stated: “In our opinion, from a reading of the statute and the cases above cited, although permissible, it is not…