Over 1,000 Houston DWI Convictions Invalid »

October 15, 2009

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A contractor has been found guilty of faking breath machine tests, which has led to approximately 1,200 DWI convictions in Harris County to be thrown out.

It is important to inspect breath testing devices regularly to check whether they are performing correctly or not. This job is given out as contracts by the Department of Public Safety, and in this case, it was given to the wrong person.

Deetrice Wallace admitted to investigators that she had falsely inspected machines used by the South Houston and Clute police departments.

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