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Scientific Investigation Of Intoxication, Bernard J. Conley Jan 1962

Scientific Investigation Of Intoxication, Bernard J. Conley

Cleveland State Law Review

The thirty years in which chemical testing for intoxication has had its inception and development has coincided with the thirty years in which the protection of the rights of the accused has almost obliterated the rights of our society to protect itself from persons bent on mischief. Despite this trend the courts have seen fit to encourage the advancement of the presentation of scientific evidence to enable the courts, both civil and criminal,to arrive at intelligent and just decisions. Scientific evidence,qualified by the ability and integrity of the expert, is the result of intelligent, systematized and skillful experimentation and research …


Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson Jan 1962

Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson

Cleveland State Law Review

One among many problems of national moment is the intoxicated motorist. Legislators have long fumbled for remedies to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has resulted from an unhappy combination of ethyl alcohol and mechanical power. Convictions in court have been too difficult to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has reconstructive and effective legal control. Jurors themselves, have often been hesitant to convict because the sum total of objective evidence produced has not convinced them that the subjects they were judging had actually been drunk or intoxicated.


Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson Jan 1962

Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson

Cleveland State Law Review

One among many problems of national moment is the intoxicated motorist. Legislators have long fumbled for remedies to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has resulted from an unhappy combination of ethyl alcohol and mechanical power. Convictions in court have been too difficult to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has reconstructive and effective legal control. Jurors themselves, have often been hesitant to convict because the sum total of objective evidence produced has not convinced them that the subjects they were judging had actually been drunk or intoxicated.


Scientific Investigation Of Intoxication, Bernard J. Conley Jan 1962

Scientific Investigation Of Intoxication, Bernard J. Conley

Cleveland State Law Review

The thirty years in which chemical testing for intoxication has had its inception and development has coincided with the thirty years in which the protection of the rights of the accused has almost obliterated the rights of our society to protect itself from persons bent on mischief. Despite this trend the courts have seen fit to encourage the advancement of the presentation of scientific evidence to enable the courts, both civil and criminal,to arrive at intelligent and just decisions. Scientific evidence,qualified by the ability and integrity of the expert, is the result of intelligent, systematized and skillful experimentation and research …