DUI Attorney Tougaloo MS
What Takes place if I Reject a DUI Breath Examination in Mississippi?
Attorney Franks: If you refuse a breath examination it triggers a chain of situations that will generally inevitably cause suspension of a vehicle drivers license for 120 days instantly. The Department of Public Safety will send a letter to the address on your vehicle drivers license within the initial thirty days. After obtaining that you have 10 days to file a petition for a breath test rejection hearing to identify whether you in fact refused a breath test.
Can I be compelled to take an examination?
Attorney Franks: You cant be required to take a test on a typical stop. If there's a mishap and somebody's harmed then indeed they can go and obtain a warrant to have your blood drawn or force you to do it. However typically if you were stopped arbitrarily they will often supply you a portable breath test. You can refuse it and if the policeman decides to take it even more they'll take you to the station. Then they will ask you once again to take a breath examination on the big Intoxilyzer machine. If you decline the test at that time then you've formally rejected the examination. You have the choice to reject.
Will it hurt my case?
Attorney Franks: Not necessarily. Actually under certain circumstances it could in fact aid your situation due to the fact that we have statutory DUI in Mississippi. If you blow above a. 08 blood alcohol content then you are legitimately intoxicated by the laws of Mississippi. The police officer has particular procedures they need to follow and as soon as someone test.08 or above. After that as a DUI Attorney I start looking into whether the procedure was complied with properly. If an individual does not take the breath examination after that they can not say it was a statutory DUI. They need to show a common law DUI and also show in some way that you were physically impaired while running your automobile. One of the most usual means of doing that is the field sobriety examination on the side of the roadway. Walk the line hold one leg up and touch your nose. Those tests are just what they'll revert to which could provide you a more powerful case in some situations.
Could you in theory get out of a conviction by not taking a breath examination?
Joey: Indeed you could get out of a conviction by not taking the breath test. Yet that's only because the police officer has to show impairment by using something apart from the breath examination. If they cannot prove it by another approach after that you have a very good opportunity of being found not guilty of a DUI because DUIs have the same burden of proof which is past a reasonable doubt. Its the states problem to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were running a vehicle while under the influence.
Tougaloo is an area in Hinds County, Mississippi. Its ZIP Code, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassing Tougaloo College. Actress Aunjanue Ellis was raised in Tougaloo. Wikipedia
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Tougaloo, Jackson, MS 39213, USA