DUI Lawyers Jackson MS
Jackson is the capital city of Mississippi. The statewide Mississippi Freedom Trail runs through the city, encompassing a number of historic sites that were significant in the civil rights movement. These include the Medgar Evers Home Museum and the landmark Mississippi State Capitol building. In leafy LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science includes an aquarium and nature trails.
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What happens if I decline a DUI breath test?
Lawyer Franks: It sets off a chain of events that will bring about suspension of your motorists license for 120 days. Division of Public Safety and Security will send a letter to the address on your drivers license within the first 30 days. After that you have ten days to submit a petition for a breath examination refusal hearing to establish whether you in fact rejected a breath test.
Can I be compelled to take a test?
Attorney Franks: You can not be required to take an examination on a basic pull over. You can if there's a mishap and somebody's harmed as they obtain a warrant to have your blood taken. However normally if you were pulled over for an arbitrary traffic stop like changing lanes incorrectly they will usually offer you a mobile breath examination. You can refuse it and if the police officer makes a decision to take it another step they'll drive you to the station. Then they will certainly ask you once again to submit to a breath test on the large Intoxilyzer device. If you reject the test at that time after that you have formally rejected the examination. You have the choice to decline.
Will it hurt my case?
Attorney Franks: Not necessarily. Under particular conditions it may aid your case due to statutory DUI law. If you blow over a. 08 blood alcohol content after that you are lawfully drunk. The police officer has certain policies they have to adhere to and when somebody registers.08 or above then as a DUI lawyer I start exploring whether the policies were appropriately adhered to. If an individual does not take the breath test after that they can not simply say it was a statutory DUI. They have to verify a common law DUI as well as prove that you were physically impaired while driving your auto. Among the most usual ways of doing that is the field sobriety examination on the side of the road. Its the walk the line hold one leg up and touch your nose. Those examinations are what they'll return to which can provide you a stronger court case in some situations.
Could I theoretically get out of a conviction by not submitting to a breath test?
Attorney Franks: Theoretically yes you can avoid a conviction by not taking the breath test. But that's only since the policeman has to show disability by using something besides the breath test. If they can not show it by another method after that you have a very good possibility of being found not guilty because DUIs carry the very same burden of proof which is past a reasonable doubt. Its the states responsibility to show beyond a reasonable uncertainty that you were driving a vehicle while impaired.
What are the charges?
Attorney Franks: There's DUI rejection which indicates you declined to take the examination. DUI very first violation indicates this is your initial offense. Then there's DUI 2nd offense which means this is your 2nd DUI within a five-year amount of time. Likewise there's DUI third violation which indicates this is your third DUI or even more in a five-year amount of time. Last but not least you have an aggravated DUI which is a felony. Aggravated DUI means you hurt somebody in an accident as well as you were consuming alcohol over the lawful limits.