Category: Florida DUI Breath Test
Matthew E. Malhiot, Former FDLE Departmental Inspector, Now Expert Defense Witness on Intoxilyzer 8000
Matthew E. Malhiot formerly worked with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a departmental inspector. He has worked with the Intoxilyzer 8000 since its inception in Florida. He was also intimately involved in the development of the Florida software. The software allows for some of the numerical results to be reported, while other numerical […]
Written by Jason Miller on February 10, 2011
The Problem with “No Refusal” DUI Checkpoints in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
The news has been filled with stories recently about the new “No Refusal” DUI Checkpoints coming to Tampa Bay. Other counties in Florida have already experimented with forced blood draws after stopping someone for DUI during a checkpoint or roadblock. Could these types of checkpoints be coming to the Tampa Bay area? Update: Since I […]
Written by Jason Miller on January 3, 2011
CMI’s Arguments on Subpoena Duces Tecum for Intoxilyzer 8000 Source Code in Hillsborough County, FL
The Criminal Defense Attorneys at the Sammis Law Firm are engaged in a fight to obtain the source code of the Intoxilyzer 8000 in order to understand numerous glitches that resulted in at least one employee with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office to unplug or otherwise falsify evidence that the instruments could not pass routine […]
Written by Jason Miller on November 4, 2010
Intoxilyzer 8000 “Source Code” Litigation in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
The Tampa DUI Attorneys at the Sammis Law Firm have filed numerous motions to obtain the “source code” of the Intoxilyzer 8000 which includes the “Florida specific software” that runs the breath test machines throughout the State of Florida. After seeing the progress made by DUI attorneys in other jurisdictions, most notably, Stuart I. Hyman […]
Written by Jason Miller on July 17, 2010