PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. S098552.

121 Cal.Rptr.2d 854 (2002)

28 Cal.4th 408

49 P.3d 203

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Steven Vaughn WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Zachritz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Fresno, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, John A. O'Sullivan, J. Robert Jibson and Charles A. French, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Debbie Lew, Assistant City Attorney, and Sunnie Lee Daniels, Deputy City Attorney, for Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


BROWN, J.

A jury convicted defendant of driving while under the influence. The People's case included the result of a preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) test showing that defendant's breath registered a blood-alcohol content of .181 percent.1 The Court of Appeal held the PAS test result should have been excluded because the California Highway Patrol failed to comply substantially with title 17 of the California Code of Regulations (all...

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