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The Role of the TSRP in Massachusetts January 11, 2011.

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1 The Role of the TSRP in Massachusetts January 11, 2011

2 Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor

3 Trainings Sum & Substance OUI Trial Advocacy Crash Reconstruction Trying A Serious Injury Case Sobriety Checkpoints Breath Test Operators/Instructors Drug Recognition Experts Substance Abuse Treatment Providers Prosecuting the Hardcore Drunk Driver

4 Priorities OUI Manual for Prosecutors BT Procurement Management Team Drunk Driving Advisory Committee Breath Test Source Code Legislation Distracted Driving Ignition Interlock Devices

5 Case Summaries

6 OUI Manual THE MASSACHUSETTS PROSECUTORS’ MANUAL: OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Fourth Edition 2010 Written by Kimberly A. Fogarty Fourth Edition: Updated and Revised by Andrea Nardone Staff Attorney, Vehicular Crimes

7 Emerging Issues

8 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 129 S. Ct 2527 (2009) The admission of a drug certification alone, without live witness testimony from the analyst, is a violation of a defendant’s Sixth Amendment Right to confront witnesses.

9 The New Breath Test Instrument

10 The Source Code The source code is the programming that makes an instrument work. All instruments have a source code.

11 Ignition Interlock Dev ices

12 Andrea Nardone Massachusetts District Attorneys Association 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite 202 Boston, Massachusetts 02114 617-305-7029 – phone andrea.nardone@state.ma.us


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