About Ed barley

Retired - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Senior Criminalist

Forensic Alcohol Supervisor (Title 17)

B.S. Biochemistry

California State University Long Beach

(1987 - 1990)

Training

Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
Alcohol Impairment
Drug Impairment
Blood Alcohol/Drug Testing
Driving Under Influence Detection

Curriculum Vitae

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Background training and experience

Expert Testimony

Admin Per Se

Civil

Criminal

Standarized Field Sobrity Test

Trained in NHTSA SFST

Toxicology

Trained in Forensic Toxicology

Blood Alcohol

Trained in Forensic Blood Alcohol Testing

Breath Alcohol

Trainedin Forensic Breath Testing

Widmark Calculation

Experience in alcohol calculations

EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE

Alcohol and Drugs: Consulted and qualified as an expert witness within the Criminal Courts in the States of California, Colorado, Wyoming, and Virginia in the area of drug and alcohol toxicology.

Perform both reverse extrapolation and forward extrapolation of alcohol levels.

Discuss the validity of the breath test results from both the field PAS and bench top breath tests.

Discuss the established blood or breath alcohol level as compared to symptoms of the defendant

Review the results of the field sobriety tests and identifies any errors or possible procedure violations.

Review toxicology reports for the validity of the tests, identifies errors, and possible false positive or negative results.

Review the results of the field sobriety tests and identifies any errors or possible procedure violations.

Review toxicology reports for the validity of the tests, identifies errors, and possible false positive or negative results.

Discuss the symptoms of the identified drugs as it relates to the defendant.

Review the results of the DRE Examination and identifies any errors or possible NHTSA procedure violations.