Patrick Joseph Doyle v. State Alaska

Patrick Joseph Doyle was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OMVI) in violation of AS 28.35.030. Doyle was involved in a minor traffic accident and left the scene without providing required information to the driver of the other vehicle involved. He was traced to his home shortly thereafter by Alaska State Troopers, Laughman and Dennison, who knocked at Doyles door, were admitted into his home by his son, and arrested him based upon his apparently intoxicated condition. On appeal he challenges the trial courts failure to suppress evidence, including his own admissions that he had been driving on the date of the alleged offense, testimony concerning his appearance and his performance of field sobriety tests, and the results of his breathalyzer examination. He also argues that the district court improperly instructed the jury concerning the breathalyzer presumption created by AS 28.35.033.