DWI Cases in Doubt Due to Breathalyzer Errors
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has ordered law enforcement agencies to verify the accuracy of their breathalyzer instruments after calibration errors rendered hundreds of DWI breath tests inadmissible in court.
This issue first arose in Aitkin County, where defense attorney Chuck Ramsay discovered that an officer had failed to properly calibrate a DataMaster machine, despite documentation claiming otherwise.
- Several DWI cases were dismissed as a result.
- 73 breath tests were invalidated.
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Author's summary: Hundreds of DWI cases are in doubt due to breathalyzer calibration errors.