Title: State of Florida v. Earl Sandt

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-189
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
EARL SANDT,
Respondent.
[December 7, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of
great public  importance:
WHERE THE STATE LAYS THE THREE-PRONGED
PREDICATE FOR ADMISSIBILITY OF BLOOD-
ALCOHOL TEST RESULTS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE ANALYSIS SET FORTH IN
ROBERTSON V. STATE, 604 SO. 2D 783 (FLA.
1992), THEREBY ESTABLISHING THE SCIENTIFIC
RELIABILITY OF THE BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST
RESULTS, IS THE STATE ENTITLED TO THE
LEGISLATIVELY CREATED PRESUMPTIONS OF
IMPAIRMENT?
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State v. Sandt, 751 So. 2d 136, 137 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).  We have jurisdiction. 
Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  We recently answered this question in State v. Miles,
No. SC95490 (Fla. Nov. 30, 2000), wherein we held (1) the absence of appropriate
standards with respect to the maintenance of blood samples drawn pursuant to the
implied consent law renders rule 11D-8.012, Florida Administrative Code,
inadequate and (2) the statutory presumptions of impairment are not applicable
where the mandate for quality assurance under the implied consent statutory
scheme is not enforced.  Accordingly, we quash the decision of the Second
District in part, approve it in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with our
decision in Miles.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
WELLS, C.J., and LEWIS, J., dissent.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Great Public Importance
Second District - Case No. 2D99-1136 
(Pinellas County)
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Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney
General, Tampa, Florida,
for Petitioner
David R. Parry of Bauer, Crider & Pellegrino, Clearwater, Florida,
for Respondent