STATE v. LAFOUNTAIN

No. 5582.

108 N.H. 219 (1967)

STATE v. WILLIAM A. LAFOUNTAIN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided July 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Pappagianis, Attorney General and Henry F. Spaloss, Assistant Attorney General (Mr. Spaloss orally), for the State.

Falardeau & Mahan (Mr. Richard W. Mahan orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, C.J.

The defendant contends the blood test is inadmissible in evidence because only a duly licensed physician or a qualified medical laboratory technician can testify that the blood sample was taken and without this testimony the State's cases must be dismissed. "The defendant does not contend that as a matter of fact the doctor contaminated the sample with some foreign substance" but contends that in the absence of the doctor's testimony, "there is no basis...

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