Chatom v. State

The Supreme Court reversed our decision on the original appeal wherein we reversed the trial court for failure to exclude the results of an atomic absorption test for lack of a proper predicate. The Supreme Court, in a plurality opinion (with four justices dissenting) held that the trial court did not err in refusing to exclude the test results. Four justices based their opinion on the fact that Chatom’s attorney only objected to the accuracy of the test and not to the operator’s qualifications. Justice Beatty joined in the result with a special concurrence on the ground that the appellant’s…