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Challenging Circumstantial Evidence In DUI Cases
Almost all DUI arrests start with either an informer’s tip or a traffic stop, except those that involve DUI checkpoints. The prosecutor only needs to establish reasonable suspicion, which is a combination of facts and instincts which indicate that the defendant may have committed a crime. That “crime” could be almost anything, including speeding… Read More »
Circumstantial Evidence In DUI Cases
Blood alcohol content tests, which are nearly always Breathalyzer tests, have acquired added significance over the past decade because Florida, like most other states, enacted a per se DUI law that defines intoxication as a .08 or above BAC. Nevertheless, about twenty percent of drivers still refuse to take a BAC test, and in… Read More »