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LEWIS v. STATE

No. A-11189.

356 P.3d 795 (2015)

George W. LEWIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 14, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Blakely , Mendel & Associates, under contract with the Public Defender Agency, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Timothy W. Terrell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, ALLARD, Judge, and HANLEY, District Court Judge.

OPINION

In this case, the State introduced scientific evidence — specifically, (1) the result of a breath test conducted on a hand-held "preliminary" breath testing device, and (2) the result of a chemical field test for marijuana — without first establishing the scientific validity of either test...

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