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Champion v. Department of Public Safety

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1986No. S-868PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ. MATTHEWS, Justice.

On January 7, 1984, Hillie Champion, Jr. was stopped in the area of 6th Avenue and Medfra Street in Anchorage after a police officer saw him driving erratically. When he failed a field sobriety test Champion was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was taken to the police department and given a breathalyzer test using an Intoximeter 3000, which showed a .20% breath alcohol concentration (i.e., .20 grams alcohol per 210 liters of breath). Although the machine had the capability…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Baker v. City of FairbanksAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Lauderdale v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Municipality of Anchorage v. SerranoCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
  4. Graham v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Flores v. FloresAlaska Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Thorne v. Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Whitesides v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Briggs v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Snyder v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Pruitt v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 1992

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