Dfn_deux writes "In a follow up to a 2005 story where Florida judge Doug Henderson ruled that breathalyzer testament in more than 100 drunk driving cases would be inadmissible as indicia at trial, the Second locality Court of Appeal and Circuit Court has ruled on Tuesday to uphold the 2005 ruling requiring the assembler of the Intoxilyzer 5000, Kentucky-based CMI Inc, to release source code for their breathalyzer equipment to be examined by witnesses for the defense of those existing trial with breathalyzer test result being used as averment against them. '"The defendant's right to a fair trial outweighed the manufacturer's claim of a trade secret," Henderson said Tuesday. In retroaction to the ruling defense attorney, Mark Lipinski, who represents seven defendants challenging the source codes, said the state likely will be forced to reduce charges — or drop the cases entirely.' ... What this really means is that outside corporations cannot sell equipment to the state of Florida and expect to hide the dohickey of their machine by saying they are trade secret. It means the state has to give full revelatory




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