Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided August 14, 2015No. 2468 A-11189PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
In this case, the State introduced scientific evidence-specifically, (1) the result of a breath test conducted on a hand-held "preliminary" breath testing device, and (2) the result of a chemical field test for marijuana-without first establishing the scientific validity of either test as required by State v. Coon, 974 P.2d 386 (Alaska 1999).
(In Coon, the Alaska Supreme Court adopted the federal test for the admissibility of scientific evidence announced in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 LEd.2d 469 (1993).)
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