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STATE v. FORD

No. 54009-8.

110 Wn.2d 827 (1988)

755 P.2d 806

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. BRET FORD, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, Stephen E. Moore, Senior Deputy, and Susan J. Noonan and Carol Spoor, Deputies, for petitioner.

Wolfe, Lobsenz & Cullen, by James E. Lobsenz and Paul A. Cullen, for respondent.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Douglas B. Whalley, Assistant, amici curiae for petitioner.

Catherine Miller and Molly Cohan of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association; Douglas L. Cowan, Stephen W. Hayne, and Jon Scott Fox, amici curiae for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

This case concerns the validity of the approval by the state toxicologist of a device to measure breath alcohol content. That measuring device is known as a BAC Verifier DataMaster machine (DataMaster). This defendant, charged with driving while intoxicated, along with similarly charged defendants in other pending cases, moved to suppress the test results, each of which indicated a breath alcohol content violative of RCW 46.61.502. A number of cases...

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