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· 5/4/1988

United States v. Kent Dewater, United States of America v. Robert F. McKenney Jr.

Citations

  • 846 F.2d 528
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 5914

How courts have described this case

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  • in a DUI case, the intoxilyzer test results were admissible under the public records and reports exception to the hearsay rule
  • the exception is “firmly enough rooted in our jurisprudence” that an independent inquiry into the reliability of the records and reports is unnecessary
  • under Roberts and Bourjaily the court need not independently inquire into the reliability of public records and reports; intoxilyzer test results admissible; no violation of right to confrontation
  • in a DUI case, the intoxilyzer test results were admissible under the public records and reports exception to the hearsay rule
  • in a DUI case, the intoxilyzer test results were admissible under the public records and reports exception to the hearsay rule

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Judges: Tang, Canby, Brunetti

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