Breath Testing should be scrapped. Done away with. Stopped forever.

A few years ago at The National College for DUI Defense’s annual Trial College held at Harvard Law School, Dr. Michael Hlastala, an internist from Washington State, presented a radical position in his lecture. He had just finished his paper(s) on how alcohol in the BLOOD does NOT transfer to, OR correlate to, the BREATH in any given person. This is based upon a myriad of causes. And, ALL of them have been ignored or dismissed by the people with the agendas to prosecute DUI’s like a political crime. It sent ALL of us defense attorneys in the room straight through the roof. OBVIOSULY, many, many people have gone to jail for being under the influence who were NOT.

In this month’s The Champion (NACDL’s magazine), Wayne Morris took Hlastala’s work (and some others) and has completely - and finally - put this topic to rest. No more dispute. No more discussion. Note a quote below: