Case Title: State v. Parah

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Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1990-12-01T00:00:00Z

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ENTRY ORDER

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 89-367

                            DECEMBER TERM, 1990


State of Vermont                  }          APPEALED FROM:
                                  }
                                  }
     v.                           }          District Court of Vermont,
                                  }          Unit No. 2, Franklin Circuit
                                  }
Mildred I. Parah                  }
                                  }          DOCKET NO. 1569-10-88Fcr


             In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter:


     Defendant appeals her conviction after trial by jury of operating a
vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of 23
V.S.A. { 1201(a)(2).  We reverse and remand.

     The State was allowed to introduce, over objection, defendant's .149%
blood-alcohol-content (B.A.C.) test result without evidence relating the
result back to the time of operation.  Admission of a numerical test result
without relation-back evidence is ordinarily reversible error.  State v.
McQuillen, 147 Vt. 386, 387-88,