State v. Russette

¶1 Appellant Gilbert Russette was charged by complaint with operation of a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .10 or more, a misdemeanor, in the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Hill County. Russette sought to introduce expert testimony at trial challenging the validity of a blood alcohol analysis performed by an Intoxilizer 5000. The District Court did not allow Russette’s expert to testify and a jury subsequently convicted Russette of the offense. Russette appeals from the District Court’s judgment, in part, on the grounds that it excluded the pertinent testimony in violation of the…