{"id":294,"date":"2016-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/court-rules-preliminary-breath-tests-admissible-for-crimes-other-than-duis\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:50:25","slug":"court-rules-preliminary-breath-tests-admissible-for-crimes-other-than-duis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/court-rules-preliminary-breath-tests-admissible-for-crimes-other-than-duis\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Court Rules Preliminary Breath Test Results Admissible For Crimes Other Than DUIs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even before you are arrested, the police in Michigan can often conduct a search of your breath using a portable or preliminary breath test device<\/a>.\u00a0 The purpose of these tests is to determine how much alcohol is in your body.\u00a0 However, these portable breath testers have significant limitations relative to the reliability of the results reported.\u00a0 This is because of the way these portable breath testers measure alcohol. Because these limitations are well recognized in the scientific community, the law usually precludes them from being entered into evidence.<\/p>\n

For example, in drunk driving cases, results from breath tests taken at the roadside are generally inadmissible.\u00a0 There are exceptions making preliminary breath test results admissible into evidence, and these are set for in Michigan Compiled Laws sec. 257.625a(2)(b).<\/p>\n

However, these exceptions may not apply to other types of criminal activity in Michigan.\u00a0 For example, preliminary breath tests would be admissible on the charge of Possession of a Firearm Under the Influence, a crime set forth in Michigan Compiled Laws sec. 750.237.<\/p>\n

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Even before you are arrested, the police in Michigan can often conduct a search of your breath using a portable or preliminary breath test device.\u00a0 The purpose of these tests is to determine how much alcohol is in your body.\u00a0 However, these portable breath testers have significant limitations relative to the reliability of the results […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breath-testing","category-dui-trials"],"yoast_head":"\nMichigan Court Rules PBT Results Admissible For Crimes Other Than DUI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DUI attorney Patrick Barone discusses the recent Michigan court ruling that says PBT results may be admissible as evidence for crimes other than DUI.\" \/>\n<meta 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