Cronkite v. State

Boggs, Judge.

We granted this application for interlocutory appeal to consider the trial court’s denial of defendant Weston D. Cronkite’s motion for a certificate of need for testimony under OCGA § 24-10-90 et seq., The Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State (“the Act”). Cronkite sought to obtain, among other things, the “source code” or human-readable programming instructions for the Intoxilyzer 5000, by means of the testimony of a representative of the Kentucky manufacturer. The trial court concluded that such evidence was not “material” within the meaning…