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Thread ID: 8148 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-07-15
2003-07-15 22:27 | User Profile
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59594-2003Jul15.html]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2003Jul15.html[/url]
"TUCSON, Ariz. - Results of breath tests taken from pop singer Diana Ross can be used as evidence in her case, a judge has ruled.
Ross, 59, faces three drunken driving-related charges in Tucson City Court after being stopped by police on Dec. 30."
"Ross testified that although she took a breath test, she was coerced and felt intimidated when an officer asked her to take more tests later.
City Magistrate T. Jay Cranshaw, in a ruling filed July 8, denied the motion and cited a police videotape that shows that Ross doesn't appear to be scared.
Cranshaw said police interaction with the singer, also caught on tape, wasn't threatening.
Police said Ross had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent. The legal limit in Arizona is 0.08 percent.
According to the police report, officers at the scene wrote the singer was unable to walk a straight line and fell while trying to stand on one leg and count to 10."