DataMaster Michigan - Reasonable Time Period Overturned
One of the primary defense arguments in the past was that the breath test was not performed within a reasonable period after the time of the stop and that the test results should therefore be suppressed.
However, in a Michigan case called People v Wager, 460 Mich 118, 594 NW2d 487 (1999), the court overturned a quarter century of published precedents and ruled that there is no reasonable time requirement and that any delay goes to the weight of the evidence and not its admissibility.
However, in a Michigan case called People v Wager, 460 Mich 118, 594 NW2d 487 (1999), the court overturned a quarter century of published precedents and ruled that there is no reasonable time requirement and that any delay goes to the weight of the evidence and not its admissibility.
