Opinion ID: 1275347
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Protocol

Text: As previously mentioned, prior to the trial, the defense counsel filed a motion in limine asking the trial court to suppress the evidence regarding the breath test and its result because the test was not conducted according to police protocol. The trial court held a hearing on the motion on February 27, 1997, and denied it. At trial, when evidence of the breath test and its results were introduced, the defense counsel objected to the evidence because oral notice of the implied consent advisory was not provided to Bishop, pursuant to 8-1001; because an interpreter was not provided, pursuant to 75-4351; and because there was not a proper evidentiary foundation laid for the test. All of these objections were overruled by the trial court. However, the defense counsel did not object to the admission of evidence regarding the breath test and its result on the ground that the proper protocol had not been followed in conducting the test. On appeal, the defense counsel claims that the trial court erred in denying the motion in limine. According to the defense counsel, evidence of the breath test and its result should have been excluded from trial because proper protocol in conducting the test was not followed. The defense counsel asserts that the trooper did not observe Bishop for 20 minutes or check into Bishop's mouth for foreign substances before the breath test was conducted so as to ensure its validity. Due to this failure to follow protocol, Bishop claims that an adequate evidentiary foundation was not laid for the breath test and its result. Thus, Bishop asserts that the evidence regarding the breath test result was improperly admitted into evidence. If a motion in limine is denied, the moving party must object to the evidence at trial to preserve the issue on appeal. State v. Johnson, 255 Kan. 252, Syl. ¶ 1, 874 P.2d 623 (1994). At trial in this case, the defense counsel did not object to the evidence regarding the breath test and its result on the ground raised in the motion in liminethat the trooper who conducted Bishop's breath test failed to follow the proper test protocol. Thus, this issue was not preserved for appeal. This issue fails.