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Source code at issue in drunk test
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:50:50 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ted Nelson <tandm () xanadu net> Date: August 12, 2007 4:16:34 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Source code at issue in drunk test Reply-To: tandm () xanadu net Hi Dave This is like the voting-machine thing: citizen concern over what's inside the boxes we live with. from http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6202038.htmlAn attorney for a Minnesota man accused of drunken driving says he doesn't think the manufacturer of a breathalyzer will meet a court- imposed deadline of August 17 to turn over its source code.
If that happens, his client could go free.As CNET News.com reported earlier this week, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled late last month that source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000EN, made by a Kentucky-based company called CMI, must be handed to defense attorneys for use in a case involving charges of third- degree DUI against a man named Dale Lee Underdahl. CMI's historic resistance to such demands has led to charges being dropped in at least one case outside of Minnesota.
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