No. R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-27-2.3(a) explicitly prohibits the use of preliminary breath test results as evidence of guilt in any DUI proceeding. PBT results may only be used as evidence of probable cause to support the initial arrest. The evidentiary chemical test at the police station is what gets admitted at trial.
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