United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and of unsafe operation of a vehicle is affirmed over claims that the admission of machine-generated data regarding PCP and alcohol in defendant's blood was in error as it was testimonial hearsay and in violation of the Confrontation Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2007
• Published 08/22/2007

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Lauren Elizabeth Case, Staff Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.  Hollis Raphael Weisman, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Lisa W. Lunt, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.