PEOPLE v. TORRES

Dkt. 39971C/10. 5218.

156 A.D.3d 518 (2017)

66 N.Y.S.3d 246

2017 NY Slip Op 08733

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JASON TORRES, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 14, 2017.


Defendant's Confrontation Clause claim is unavailing. A police officer, deemed an expert in breathalyzer tests, testified that he observed and recorded a breathalyzer test that was administered by a nontestifying officer. The testifying officer observed the other officer starting the machine, the machine self-calibrating, defendant blowing into the machine, and the machine printing out the results of the test. Because the officer testified based on his own observations and...

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