Intoxication Test Evidence, 2d

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Turn to Intoxication Test Evidence for guidance when interpreting alcohol evidence in any criminal or civil case. Covering the entire spectrum in which blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is at issue, this publication helps trial attorneys and potential expert witnesses properly evaluate intoxication test evidence, from the simplest DUI to the most complex accident and death case. Topics include:

Alcohol testing and reporting
Post-accident injury and death values
Collection, handling, shipping, and testing of specimens
Effective discovery from crime labs and hospitals
Analysis of police, hospital, laboratory, and expert witness reports
Interpretation of the true significance of the alcohol values reported
Errors and omissions
Testimonial errors of experts
Direct and cross-examination of experts
Trial presentation of alcohol test and impairment issues

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Part I. Alcohol Consumption, Human Physiology, and Individual Differences
Chapter
1. Introduction
2. The Physiology of Alcohol Consumption
3. Predicting Probable BAC's or Alcohol Amounts: Some Basic Problems
4. Individual Differences and the Single Test Result: The Spanner in the Works
5. Women and Alcohol: Further Evidence of the Importance of Individual Differences
6. The Changing Face of DUI Practice: A Time to Think Ahead
Part II. Some Basic Alcohol Calculations for the Law Office and Courtroom
1. An Introduction to Basic Alcohol Calculations
2. Use of the EZ-ALC™ Computer Program by Attorneys and Experts
3. Office Evaluations of Test Results: Your Pre-Expert Use of Alcohol Math
4. Law Office Management and Technology
Part III. Blood Alcohol Testing and Reporting
1. Blood Alcohol Testing: An Overview of Some Inherent Problems
2. The Conversion of Serum/Plasma Results to Whole Blood Alcohol Values: A Problem Area for Forensic Experts
3. Reading Chromatograms: The "Peak Height" Equation
4. Post-Mortem Alcohol Determinations
5. Retrograde Extrapolation: "Walking Back the Cat" in Alcohol-Test Cases
6. SPECIFIC MATHEMATICAL AND OTHER FALLACIES IN ALCOHOL TEST EXTRAPOLATIONS: THE HEART OF THE MATA
7. The "Peak Area" Equation: Verifying Gas Chromatographic Alcohol Test Results
8. Making Sense of Blood Alcohol Test Reports: The Initial Office Analysis by the Attorney
9. Evaluating the Blood Alcohol Test Case: An Overview for the Trial Lawyer
10. Invalid "Validation" Studies: A Review and Critique of Three SFST Studies
Part IV. Breath Alcohol Testing and Reporting
1. Breath Alcohol Testing: An Overview of Some Inherent Problems
2. Overestimation of BAC by Breath Test Devices
3. Specific Breath Test Devices: An Overview
4. Breath Alcohol Analysis Via Infrared Spectrophotometry
5. The Intoxilyzer and Breath Alcohol Measurements: Infrared Spectrophotometry in Practice
6. Breath Test Simulators: Significance of Deviations
7. Demystifying the Intoxilyzer 5000 by Mary Catherine McMurray
8. Right to Inspect and Test Breath Alcohol Machines 'Suspicion Ain't Proof'
9. The Current State of Breath Testing: The Experts Comment
10. The Critical Limitations of Simulator Results in Breath-Test Cases
11. The Intoxilyzer 8000: Specificity for Ethanol and Possible Contamination of Test Results

Part V. Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts, Terms, and Measurements Encountered by Attorneys in Alcohol Testing Literature and Reports
1. Some Basic Alcohol Test Terms and Expressions
2. Putting Some Common Measurement Units Used in Alcohol Cases into Perspective
3. Breath Alcohol Analysis: Some Basic Chemical and Mathematical Concepts Explained
4. The Concept of "Percent Error" in Alcohol Breath Tests: A Comment on Dubowski's "0.025" Subtraction Factor
5. A Facile Approach to Understanding Calculations Involved in Alcohol Cases
6. Skewed Science and Alcohol Law: The Downie Case
7. Replicate Testing: Confirming Reproducibility In Breath-Alcohol Testing
Part VI. Breath Test Results in Criminal Cases: Some Pre-Trial Chal

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