When facing criminal DUI charges, you can take immediate action to protect your rights. Even before your arrest, law enforcement officials, including arresting officers, are collecting evidence to use against you in court. At Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP, our attorneys are highly experienced at investigating and challenging DUI prosecutions. We will begin an immediate investigation to collect all necessary evidence for your defense. Our attorneys will obtain witness statements, use any video evidence obtained at the scene of your arrest, challenge field sobriety tests, challenge BAC tests, and fully examine police reports to determine if your arrest was handled according to procedure.
We wage an aggressive defense on behalf of every client facing DUI charges. You have the right to challenge all evidence presented against you to minimize charges and penalties associated with a DUI. Contact us today to speak with an aggressive DUI defense attorney.
Effective DUI defenses may include:
Challenging the pull-over or stop
An officer must have articulable suspicion to pull you over and give you a field sobriety test. Articulable suspicion may be swerving, speeding, or another traffic violation. If an arresting officer did not have articulable suspicion, you may be able to challenge any evidence obtained after the immediate stop.
Challenging how the evidence was obtained
Officers obtain evidence of drunk driving by observation documented in police reports, field sobriety tests, and blood alcohol content obtained by breathalyzer, urine, or blood tests. You may have refused a test, leaving officers without sufficient evidence for your charge. A test may have been administered improperly or illegally. If the evidence was improperly obtained due to a faulty test, we may be able to challenge the use of that evidence in court. If you refused to take the state’s breathalyzer, urine, or blood tests, you could be facing enhanced penalties with regard to your driver’s license. You need an experienced attorney to assist you with the issues relating to your ability to drive.
Challenging the results of a blood test or field sobriety test
Drunk driving charges usually depend on confirming blood-alcohol content evidence obtained by breathalyzer and other testing equipment. Officers must be specially trained to use equipment and the instruments must be calibrated to ensure accuracy. Our attorneys will investigate how a test was administered and may be able to challenge the results of your test to defeat a DUI charge.
Contact Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP today for a free consultation with an experienced Marietta, Georgia, lawyer. We provide aggressive DUI defense and results-driven advocacy to protect your driving privileges and keep you out of jail.
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