DUI Lawyer - What Tricks Does A Good Attorney Use To Get Cases Dismissed?

A good DUI lawyer is essential if you have recently been arrested for driving under the influence.
The cost of the courts finding you guilty is astronomical.
Before you decide to represent yourself to try and save some money, save yourself some real money and read the rest of this article.
Remember the old days of "One for the road"? It hasn't been that way in a long, long time.
And for good reason.
Lots of innocent people were injured and died as a result of drunk driving.
On the other hand, the legal system has swung a little too far in the other direction.
The blood/alcohol rate that indicates being drunk in most states is now about.
08%.
For someone who is about 150 lbs, that's about 2 beers in an hour.
It's pretty easy to drink a couple beers on a hot summer day and not feel impaired.
Recent estimates are that a drunk driving conviction will cost you somewhere between $20,000 and $30,000.
You are going to get fined heavily, you might spend some time in jail, your insurance is going to go way up and you may have to pay for some "educational" classes.
It would be to your benefit to fight the case even if you know you are guilty.
How does a DUI lawyer challenge a driving under the influence case? The basic strategy is to challenge the test themselves.
No matter what test they used, whether it be a breathalyzer or a blood test, it determined that you are over the legal blood alcohol limit.
How does this work? The first thing the lawyer will try to challenge is whether the equipment used to test you was properly calibrated.
This may sound like a minor thing but if the test is not accurate, your test results will not be accurate either.
It doesn't matter whether you were drunk or not.
If the results were not accurate they are not valid.
A good lawyer will know how to verify its accuracy.
Should that fail, the attorney may ask them to validate the machine has had proper maintenance.
Again, this does not mean that you were not drunk, it merely questions the accuracy of the equipment.
Remember, in this country, you are innocent until proven guilty.
If the proof is flimsy, you are automatically considered to be innocent.
Another area the attorney may challenge is the person doing the test.
Is she or he certified? Is his or her license to do the test still valid? Another thing a lawyer may do is to ask to question the person who did the test.
Generally speaking the person who performed the test wont be in court.
In some states this is enough to get the case dismissed.
We are allowed to question our accusers in person in the US.