State v. Ifill

ROBERTS, Justice.

For the first time we must decide whether the result of a breath test performed by use of an Alcohol Level Evaluation Roadside Tester (ALERT) device is admissible at trial on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUI), 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-B (Pamph.1988). Robert Ifill appeals his conviction entered on a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Chandler, J.). He challenges the submission, over his objection, of testimony concerning the result of an ALERT test administered by the arresting officer, the admission of an…