Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> DUI Blog

Criminal Law

: DUI Blog

Justice vs Profits?.revisited

By Lawrence Taylor

In my last post, I indicated that the Arizona Judge reversed her earlier ruling that the manufacturer of the breath machine used in that state, CMI, Inc., had to turn over the software for inspection by the defense.  The reversal was based upon the fact that CMI was headquartered in Kentucky, and since they did not do business in Arizona, they were not subject to the Arizona courts’ jurisdiction. Tucson, AZ.  Jan. 12 — A Pima County Superior Court judge who ordered a Kentucky firm to divulge the software code of its alcohol breath-test machine has rescinded her order, saying she doesn’t have jurisdiction to rule. Judge Deborah Bernini said in a ruling issued Monday that CMI Inc. of Owensboro, Ky., isn’t authorized to do business in Arizona...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).