Burp the Basis of Supreme Court Case

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 13 September 2010 9:36 AM

Kentucky’s Supreme Court is debating a weighty topic says the Louisville Courier-Journal: a burp. Based on the memories of his time as a prosecutor, a judge ruled that a man’s DUI charge be overturned because he burped just before a breathalyzer was administered. (Police are instructed to wait 20 minutes after a burp to administer a breathalyzer because the test is meant only to measure the amount of alcohol in a person’s lungs.) Now lawyers on both sides are before the supreme court debating whether a judge’s prior knowledge should affect what evidence is allowed into a court room.

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