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Snyder v. State

Citations

  • 930 P.2d 1274
  • 1996 Alas. LEXIS 158
  • 1996 WL 742456

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • Willits-type presumption was appropriate sanction in DUI case in which state had no BAC evidence and had deprived defendant of opportunity to obtain independent blood test
  • It is a fundamental tenet of due process that a person accused of a crime has a right to attempt to obtain exculpatory evidence.
  • “[W]e believe that in the DWI context the accused’s right and the state’s duty extend to the opportunity to obtain an independent chemical test, and that this opportunity must be made available to the accused whether or not the accused agrees to submit to a breath test.”

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Judges: Compton, Rabinowitz, Matthews, Eastaugh, Carpeneti

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