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DAVIS v. STATE9/26/1997
ssed inspection before and after the test was administered. See Gwarjanski v. State, 700 So.2d 357 (Ala. Cr. App. 1996)."
Steiner v. State, 706 So.2d 1308, 1310 (Ala. Cr. App. 1997).
Trooper Grimmett testified that he had no personal knowledge as to whether the I-5000 used to test Davis had passed a calibration inspection before or after the tests were administered. (R. 48-51.) No other evidence was introduced at trial to establish that the I-5000 in question had passed the necessary inspections.
In light of the great weight often given to the results of scientific tests involving sophisticated machinery, we hold that the introduction of testimony concerning the results of the I-5000 tests, without first establishing a proper predicate, was reversible error. See Senn v. State, 710 So.2d 503 (Ala. Cr. App. 1997).
For the above-stated reasons, the judgment of the trial court in CC-96-168 is reversed, and the cause is remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
All the Judges concur.
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