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DUI defense attorneys pursue new argument (access required)

By Sylvia Hsieh
Staff writer
Published: July 30, 2009

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Criminal defense attorneys are already taking advantage of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to challenge breath test evidence of blood alcohol levels. In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, the High Court held that forensic lab report analysts must be made available at trial for cross-examination to satisfy a defendant's Sixth Amendment rights under the Confrontation Clause. DUI attorneys ...
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