Matthies v. State

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. We granted certiorari in this case to address the issue of whether, in a driving-under-the-influence trial, the admission of intoxilyzer calibration records, in lieu of the live testimony of the person who calibrated the intoxilyzer, is a violation of the Confrontation Clause contained in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Finding no constitutional violation, we affirm the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the Madison County Circuit Court.

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¶ 2. Dr. Andrew K. Matthies lived in Ocean…