Category: Sobriety Tests
I Failed the Field Sobriety Tests – Is There Hope That I Can Avoid a Conviction?
by Jonathan Blecher | August 23, 2017 | DUI, Sobriety Tests
When you are pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol and the police officer asks you to submit to a few field sobriety tests, in most cases the wise choice is simply to refuse. You can’t be punished for refusal and it is possible that the officer doesn’t […]
Sobriety Checkpoints in Florida: Can You Legally Turn Around?
by Jonathan Blecher | July 14, 2017 | DUI, Sobriety Tests
You’re driving home after having a few drinks with friends and you notice something that no driver ever enjoys seeing – a sobriety checkpoint. Is it worth the risk of going through the checkpoint when you know there is some alcohol in your system, considering many people are arrested at sobriety checkpoints despite low breath […]
How Accurate Are Breathalyzer Tests?
by Jonathan Blecher | June 14, 2017 | Sobriety Tests
To this day, breathalyzer results are often relied upon as strong and conclusive evidence that an individual is guilty of drunk driving. Unfortunately, it has slowly become more apparent that these results don’t hold the irrefutability some have claimed. Researchers, scientists, and attorneys have spent years analyzing breathalyzer machines to arrive at similar conclusions: things […]
Forced Blood Tests in DUI Cases
by Jonathan Blecher | March 10, 2017 | DUI, Sobriety Tests
When Missouri v. McNeely was decided in 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the judgment of the Missouri Supreme Court holding, that in a DUI investigation, “the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute an exigency in every case sufficient to justify conducting a blood test without a warrant.” […]
You Have the Right to Remain Silent – So What?
by Jonathan Blecher | March 8, 2017 | DUI, Sobriety Tests
This scene is played out every day, all across the country. Drivers are stopped and arrested for DUI and read their Miranda warnings, either on the road or at the station. People are told they have the right to remain silent and they have the right to speak with an attorney, and to have one […]
