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State v. Sampson

Citations

  • 6 P.3d 543
  • 167 Or. App. 489
  • 2000 Ore. App. LEXIS 811

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that some portions of the DRE protocol are “not clearly based on medical science”
  • concluding that the Protocol is scientific, but holding it sufficiently reliable to be admissible
  • determining that evidence at issue was “scientific evidence subject to the judicial gatekeeping function”
  • concluding that evidence from a DRE is scientific evidence
  • explaining the scientific principles underlying DRE evidence and noting that “it is clear that DRE draws its authority from scientific principles”
  • describing the DRE protocol as “a 12-step procedure performed by a trained officer that purports to determine whether a subject is under the influence of a controlled substance”

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Judges: Landau, Linder, Brewer

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