In a long awaited opinion, the Supreme Court of Minnesota today in State v. Brunner ruled that the source code used to run the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing machine is in the possession of the State of Minnesota and is discoverable. This ruling reverses several recent Court of Appeals decisions which have held that drivers have no access to the source code and no right to determine whether or not the Intoxylizer 5000 works as well as the state claims. Essentially, the Supreme Court today recognized that drivers have a fundamental right to examine the evidence used against them in court. This is a fantastic ruling, yet the fundamental question remains: what is the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer trying to hide?
April 30, 2009...10:51 am
Minnesota Supreme Court: Source Code Is Discoverable
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