Cooley v. Municipality of Anchorage

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• reflecting amendment to Anchorage DWI ordinance to define violations in terms of blood alcohol or breath alcohol
• breathalyzer is accurate in vast majority of cases despite possible variations in converting breath-alcohol concentration to blood-alcohol concentration
• ordinance allows prosecution to introduce breathalyzer test results, but results still may be attacked as invalid
• municipality has the burden to convince the jury that the breathalyzer is accurate
• expert testimony indicated breathalyzer yielded improperly high results in 14% of cases
• expert testimony indicated breathalyzer yielded improperly high results in 14% of cases

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