Supreme Court of Vermont· 4/12/1985
State v. Comstock
Citations
- 494 A.2d 135
- 145 Vt. 503
- 1985 Vt. LEXIS 323
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a chain of custody is sufficient where the evidence arrived at the lab through the mail in the same condition as when the officer prepared it, with seal intact, and where there was “no evidence of tampering with, change in, or confusion of the sample during the mailing”
- finding breath test results “logically relevant to establish that defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor”
- considering jury instructions in analyzing the defendant’s unfair-prejudice challenge to the admission of his BAG in an under-the-influence prosecution
- stating in an analogous context that “[t]he purpose of the ‘reasonable grounds’ language ... is simply to require that a certain amount of evidence exist before an officer may take a breath test.”
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. PriceSupreme Court of Iowa· 2005-02-04· cited 20×
- Shaw v. VERMONT DIST. COURT, UNIT NO. 3Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-16· cited 18×
- State v. TesterSupreme Court of Vermont· 2009-01-30· cited 17×
- State v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Vermont· 2008-01-18· cited 10×
- State v. Timothy P. PerleySupreme Court of Vermont· 2015-08-14· cited 10×
- Department of Social Welfare v. MillerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-21· cited 3×
- Bouchard v. MenardVermont Superior Court· 2016-06-15
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. DerouchieSupreme Court of Vermont· 1981-11-19· cited 68×
- State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-05-11· cited 33×
- State v. DaceySupreme Court of Vermont· 1980-06-27· cited 31×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Vermont· 1972-04-04· cited 21×
- McGarry v. CostelloSupreme Court of Vermont· 1969-12-02· cited 15×
- State v. LupienSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-09-06· cited 14×
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-03-28· cited 13×
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