Legal Opinion
Barcott v. State, Department of Public Safety
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1987No. S-1692PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
Barcott appeals from a Department of Public Safety (“department”) decision to suspend his driver’s license. The department’s decision was based on an Intoxime-ter 3000 breath test administered to Bar-cott shortly after his arrest for driving while intoxicated. The test indicated a .10 alcohol level. Barcott asserts that the administrative hearing officer denied him due process of law by refusing to consider evidence of the intoximeter’s margin of error. We agree.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Anchorage Police Officer Whitener stopped Barcott for speeding at 1:50…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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