Matter of A. Ottavino Prop. Corp. v. Incorporated Vil. of Westbury

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• fact that substances other than blood can trigger positive result in ortho-tolidine test goes to weight, not admissibility
• evidence properly admitted where expert testified that presumptive ori/m-tolidine test used to detect blood was a screening test capable of producing false positives
• defendant who agreed to accompany officers to station was not in custody during trip
• evidence properly admitted where expert testified that presumptive ortho-tolidine test used to detect blood was a screening test capable of producing false positives
• the court declined to condition the admissability of the results of a presumptive blood test (orthotolidine) on the availability of additional confirmatory evidence; that argument went only to the weight of the evidence, not to its admissibility
• the court declined to condition the admissability of the results of a presumptive blood test (ortho-tolidine) on the availability of additional confirmatory evidence; that argument went only to the weight of the evidence, not to its admissibility

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