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You know it well. The lonely chair, next to the desk. On the desk there's a computer looking thing. That's the Datamaster DMT.

Cedar Rapids OWI (DUI) lawyer and attorney David A. Cmelik Law PLC explains how the PBT, or, preliminary breath test, is less voluntary than

Representative Sandy Salmon of Janesville has introduced a bill, HF 2015, to render admissible the results of so-called portable breath tests, or, PBT, machine results in drunk driving cases following an initial, inadmissible PBT screening test requested pursuant to Iowa Code § 321J.5. The bill would change Iowa Code § 321J.5 which currently renders inadmissible any preliminary breath test “result” by adding the following language: “This subsection shall not be construed to p

A preliminary breath test, or, PBT, is a small box used in the field and approved by the public safety commission for the purpose of determi

Today the Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded a jury verdict of guilty for a new trial in a felony drunk driving case excluding as inad