RANSFORD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 88-715, 88-1579, 89-161 and 89-625.

583 A.2d 186 (1990)

Nathaniel RANSFORD, Calvin Fox, Michael Alexander, Ronald D. Williams, Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Clarke Baten, Washington, D.C., for appellants in Nos. 88-715 and 89-161.

Scott D. Arnopol, Washington, D.C., for appellants in Nos. 88-1579 and 89-625.

Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals present the common question whether, in a prosecution for the per se offense of driving while intoxicated, D.C.Code § 40-716(b)(1) (1990), the government must present expert testimony "extrapolating" or relating the results of a blood alcohol test administered after the accused's arrest to his blood alcohol level at the time of operation of the vehicle. We answer that question in the negative and affirm...

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