Further evidence that breath testing in Pennsylvania is not scientific

Further evidence that breath testing in Pennsylvania is not scientific

Further evidence that breath testing in Pennsylvania is not scientific. “Just shut up and pay your taxes!” The Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Institute for Law Enforcement Education seemingly hate science and don’t appreciate taxpayers. It’s that darn whole science is open thing that neither PDE nor ILEE seem to understand. They just continue […]

Petition for Certiorari in the case of George William Yohe II v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Petition for Certiorari in the case of George William Yohe II v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

I wanted to share with you all the Petition for Certiorari in the case of George William Yohe II v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was just filed with the United States Supreme Court moments ago. As you will recall, this is the case where the NMS labs Henry-Ford-Assembly-line-like forensic science method was argued to be […]

The American Chemical Society Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Course

The American Chemical Society Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Course

Dear attorney friends and colleagues, What have you done to future-proof your DUI practice? The times are changing. Drug-related DUI enforcement is the way of the future. In a short time, Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID) cases will start to outnumber DUI ethanol cases. If your knowledge isn’t greater and your experience is […]

But they’re fixing forensic science, right?

But they’re fixing forensic science, right?

Why can’t ASCLD or other accrediting agencies or the new DOJ/NIST National Forensic Science Commission be trusted to fix forensic science? I posted a harsh but true opinion piece about the newly appointed and announced National Forensic Science Commission (NFSC) here: Let the great whitewash begin: The National Forensic Science Commission This opinion piece provoked […]

“I Googled it” said the crime lab

“I Googled it” said the crime lab

We have posted here before stories about drug seizures and identifications that are wrong. Basically, the old: “I know it is a drug just by looking at it” police work. It is a modern malicious marvel that creeps into the courtroom. Roadside screening tests such as the NIK Public Safety Reagent Based Tests Can Provide […]

Is the phrase “based upon the totality of the circumstances” science or science fiction?

Is the phrase “based upon the totality of the circumstances” science or science fiction?

Is the phrase “based upon the totality of the circumstances” science or science fiction? One of the most often used phrases in an American courtroom uttered by police officers nationwide hundreds of times a day is that “under the totality of the circumstances” they came to some sort of opinion. This type of logic is […]