State v. Bodden (SC03-622)
Apr 15, 2004OUTCOME: State won the appeal and the case was remanded back to the trial court.
In this DUI case, the county court in Pinellas County, Florida certified a question of great public importance. The Second DCA disagreed with the State's argument, but two other district courts of appe ... al ruled in favor of the State. Jenny Scavino Sieg, as an Assistant Attorney General, represented the State of Florida before the Second District Court of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Supreme Court agreed with the State's position and held that the implied consent law for operators of motor vehicles does not require that urine testing methods be approved in accordance with the APA.
