Title: Joseph Mcbride v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-2658
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JOSEPH McBRIDE,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 21, 2001]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review McBride v. State, 774 So. 2d 698 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000),
in which the Second District affirmed petitioner’s conviction with a citation to its
opinion in State v. Townsend, 746 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).  We have
jurisdiction.  Art. V., § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.; see also Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418
(Fla. 1981).
In State v. Miles, 775 So. 2d 950 (Fla. 2000), and Townsend v. State, 774
So. 2d 693 (Fla. 2000), we were presented with the following question certified to
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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?
We answered the question in the negative by holding (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.  See Miles, 775 So. 2d at 956-57; Townsend, 774 So. 2d
at 693.
We quash the decision below only to the extent it is inconsistent with Miles
and Townsend, and remand the case to the Second District for proceedings
consistent with Miles and Townsend.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and QUINCE,
JJ., concur.
LEWIS, J., dissents.
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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 - 
Direct Conflict
Second District - Case No. 2D99-2629 
(Hillsborough County)
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joseph N. D’Achille, Jr., Special
Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, Florida,
for Respondent