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Monthly Archives: February 2018

false positive drug test results

What Causes a False Positive Drug Test Result

Drug screening results can really affect the lives and circumstances of those it involves. Accuracy in how these drug tests are carried out is of high importance as the results can have long lasting consequences for the individuals involved. False positive drug test results are a real possibility in today’s…

Alcohol Testing

The Accuracy of Alcohol Testing

In the United States of America, a blood alcohol concentrate (BAC) of 0.08% or higher, is considered illegal if you are behind the wheel of a vehicle. Alcohol testing is used to determine if the BAC level is above the legal limits. Main Methods Of Alcohol Testing There are three…

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Forensic Toxicology: How Drugs Affect Driving

In many criminal investigations it may be that analytical information is needed or testing required regarding the presence of substances at a crime scene or within a person’s body. This is the purpose of forensic toxicology: to test bodily fluids or other substances for toxic chemicals in order to obtain…

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In criminal trials, both the defense and prosecution are entitled to an investigator counsel table.

California Penal Code 867 While a witness is under examination, the magistrate shall, upon motion of either party, exclude all potential and actual witness who have not been examined. The magistrate shall also order the witnesses not to converse with each other until they are all examined. The magistrate may…

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Field Sobriety Test statistics cannot be used as evidence to convict. This applies to all statistics!

Field Sobriety Test statistics and other statistics/averages/ranges for the hypothetical generality of the populace, as distinguished from matters provable as to the individual defendant, infect the record with a fatal error.In People v. Wilson (2019) 33 Cal.App.5th 559 it was held that it was error to admit statistical-likelihood evidence to…

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California Supreme Court: Judges should not attend law firm parties. Someone let Judge Rupert Byrdsong know.

Primary Authority Cited California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics, Formal Opinion 2023-024 (August 29, 2023) Central Holdings: Key Reasoning (Page 6): The Committee concluded that attending such events may suggest a judicial officer has a special relationship or close association with the law firm, potentially causing observers to question…

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