SIDES v. STATE

89-1349.

574 So.2d 859 (1990)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Ben Alton SIDES v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

John T. Kirk, Montgomery, for respondent.


ALMON, Justice.

Ben Alton Sides was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and of speeding. The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the admission of evidence regarding the results of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus ("HGN") test, without a proper predicate showing the test's reliability, was reversible error. For a statement of the facts see Sides v. State, 574 So.2d 856 (Ala.Cr.App.1990). This Court granted the State...

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