2006 CT 000890
The Defendant was stopped by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office for failing to maintain a single lane. The officer noted that he smelled an odor of alcohol on the Defendant’s breath and requested he perform field sobriety tests. The Manatee Deputy also claimed the Defendant had vomit and urine on his pants. Darren Finebloom filed a motion to exclude the breath test based on the unreliability of the machine. The Court ruled that the State would have to provide an expert and show the machine was reliable in order to get the Defendant’s breath test into evidence. On the eve of trial the state reduced the DUI charge to a reckless driving.
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