Legal Opinion
Poulnot v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1992No. 91-CT-477PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Roger Poulnot was found guilty at a bench trial of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, in violation of D.C.Code § 40-716(b)(l) (1990). On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. He also claims that the trial judge erroneously admitted into evidence the results of two “intoxilyzer” tests of his breath, which the police administered to him more than two and a half hours after he operated the vehicle; Poulnot claimed to have ingested additional alcohol during the intervening…
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