State v. Young

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TANAKA, J.

Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey A. Young (Defendant) was convicted by a jury of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1985) (driving with a blood alcohol level of .10 percent or more). On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial court reversibly erred in (I) admitting the breath test result from an intoxilyzer model 401 IAS (Intoxilyzer) into evidence; (II) its rulings regarding the testimony of the State of Hawaii’s (State) witness, Honolulu Police Department (HPD) criminalist Claire…