Appeals court upholds suppression of evidence

Last year, I successfully moved for the trial court to suppress the State's expert testimony regarding my client's blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) at the time of an alleged incident of Boating While Intoxicated. I wrote about this in my blog at the time. The State was unhappy with the judge's ruling, so it appealed. Today, a three-judge panel of the Third Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's ruling that the State could not introduce expert testimony on my client's BAC. The opinion can be read here. This is a great victory for my client, and I anticipate that the State will dismiss the pending charges due to the fact that it would not be allowed to present evidence of my client's alleged intoxication if the case proceeded to trial.