Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-16 16:06:10.68085+00
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Third District Court of Appeal
                              State of Florida

                       Opinion filed August 16, 2023.
      Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                            No. 3D22-0809
                     Lower Tribunal No. 20-619-A-K
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                        The State of Florida,
                                 Appellant,

                                    vs.

                          Brittany A. Evans,
                                 Appellee.

     An Appeal from the County Court for Monroe County, Sharon I.
Hamilton, Judge.

      Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Sandra Lipman, Assistant
Attorney General, for appellant.

     No appearance, for appellee.

Before SCALES, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.
     Affirmed. Unruh v. State, 669 So. 2d 242, 245 (Fla. 1996) (approving

suppression of breathalyzer test results as a proper sanction where the

arrestee's right to an independent blood alcohol test has been frustrated by

law enforcement's failure to render reasonable assistance to such person

in obtaining the test); State v. Durkee, 584 So. 2d 1080, 1081, 1083 (Fla.

5th DCA 1991) (reinstating the suppression order of the county court and

noting that Durkee, in addition to consenting to the breathalyzer test,

“repeatedly” asked to have a blood test).

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