Motor Vehicles – OWI – BAC — sufficiency of the evidence

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Criminal

Motor Vehicles – OWI – BAC — sufficiency of the evidence

Anastasia G. Christenson appeals from judgments of conviction finding her guilty after a court trial of first-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) and with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC). She contends the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress the result of a preliminary breath test (PBT) administered to her and blood test results derived from it; in admitting the blood test results at trial, despite the County’s failure to prove it had followed statutory procedures for drawing her blood; and in concluding the County met its burden of establishing at trial that the blood test results were accurate and reliable. We affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2012AP1189 Winnebago County v. Christenson

Dist II, Winnebago County, Seifert, J., Gundrum, J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Townsend, Ross W., Green Bay; Liebmann, Herbert C., IV, Green Bay; Wegner, Jill Jeanette, Green Bay; For Respondent: Levin, Adam Joseph, Oshkosh