Category: Sobriety Tests
The Accuracy of Roadside Sobriety Tests: What You Need to Know
by Jonathan Blecher | December 20, 2022 | Sobriety Tests
Roadside sobriety exercises, also known as field sobriety tests, are used by law enforcement officers to determine if a driver is impaired by alcohol or drugs. These tests are often administered during a traffic stop if an officer has reasonable suspicion that the driver is under the influence. There are three standardized field sobriety tests […]
How Accurate Are Blood Tests for DUI Charges?
by Jonathan Blecher | August 28, 2017 | DUI, Sobriety Tests
Some drivers assume that a blood draw test will prove that they are not driving drunk; however, this can be a false assumption. There is little room to argue that the blood alcohol instrument (Gas Chromatograph) has a significant error, sufficient to create reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. When it comes to testing […]
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 […]
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