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Breath Testing From Input to Verdict-CALL THE NCDD OFFICE TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST 334-264-1950

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November 13, 2024 - November 16, 2024
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Phoenix, AZ
This program will review the underlying science involved in breath testing and the common misconceptions among the courts and police. The course will cover the common errors in breath testing from inaccurate scientific assumptions to installation and maintenance of the device and introduction of the sample.
Students will have hands on experience with several devices on how they are set up for service, checked for calibration and used in the testing. The course will provide the opportunity for drinking subjects to provide samples and allow students to administer the test.
Once an understanding of the process is completed, students will be broken up into small groups to incorporate the information learned in the earlier session into trial skills. These include discovering a reason the jury will vote for not guilty, incorporating those issues into voir dire, carrying the problem through the opening, closing, crossing, and directing the expert to establish the foundation for a Not Guilty verdict.
Hotel Accommodations:
Radisson Phoenix Airport HotelDiscounted Room Rate $159
Room Block Closes October 10, 2024.
CLE Credit Hours:
60min States-19.5 Hours
50min States-23.4 Hours
SEMINAR DAY ONE-Wednesday November 13, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Registration | Sunset Ballroom |
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | How Does Breath Testing Work? | Aaron Olson |
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Machine Set Up: How Does it All Go Together? | Aaron Olson and Joe Anderson |
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Break | |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Machine Testing with Drinking Subjects | Aaron Olson and Joe Anderson |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner | |
SEMINAR DAY TWO-Thursday November 14, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Physiology of Breath Testing | Joe Anderson |
9:30 a.m.– 10:30 a.m. | Common Machine Issues | Aaron Olson |
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Common Biological Problems of Breath Testing | Aaron Olson and Joe Anderson |
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Lunch | |
12:45 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. | Calibration and What it Means | Joe Anderson |
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Refusals: Why the Machine is Wrong | Joe Anderson |
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Discovery: What You Need to See and Why | Bell Island |
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Issue Spotting for Trial | Lynn Gorelick |
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | How to Find the Hook: What's Your Story | Frank Mungo |
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Direct of the Expert: Demonstration | David Katz |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn | |
SEMINAR DAY THREE-Friday November 15, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Opening Lecture | Frank Mungo |
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Closing Lecture | Sean Brown |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Opening/Closing Breakouts | |
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
1:15 p.m.– 2:15 p.m. | Voir Dire: Finding the Jurors Who Will Listen | Frank Mungo |
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Break | |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Voir Dire Breakouts | |
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Cross of the Expert | Frank Mungo |
5:15 p.m. | Adjourn | |
SEMINAR DAY FOUR-Saturday November 16, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Cross Examination Demonstration | David Katz |
8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Cross Examination Breakouts | |
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Break | |
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Graduation | |
11:30 a.m. | Seminar Adjourns |
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