Legal Opinion

Morris v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 2008No. S-12279PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Rick Morris appeals the revocation of his driver's license following his arrest for driving under the influence. Morris claims that his chemical breath test-which showed a breath alcohol concentration of .089 percent-was unreliable and inaccurate and can not serve as a basis for revocation of his license because a later-administered independent blood test produced a result of .070 percent. Morris argues that, because the variance between the two test results is sufficiently large, the blood test failed to verify the breath test and the breath test is…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Cooley v. Municipality of AnchorageCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
  2. Barcott v. State, Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Champion v. Department of Public SafetyAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Simpson v. Municipality of AnchorageCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1981
  5. Javed v. Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Button v. Haines BoroughAlaska Supreme Court · 2009
  2. People v. LentAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2010
  3. Jason Barnebey v. State of Alaska, Department of Administration, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 2020

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