Blood Test for DUI in Los Angeles
February 12, 2012
Usually, a person whose blood alcohol level chemical test results are below .08% alcohol by weight will not be prosecuted for a DUI in Los Angeles. This is different in Orange County, where many drivers are prosecuted for a DUI even if their results are below .08% BAC. It is of course, more likely that the under .08% BAC cases will be prosecuted as a DUI in Los Angeles when law enforcement has evidence of bad driving, accident, or impairment regardless of BAC results. For example, the prosecution for a VC 23152(a), a generic DUI, does not require any specific level of alcohol and can be used for prosecution of refusal DUI cases in Los Angles, low BAC DUI cases […]
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February 5, 2012
A DUI lawyer in Los Angeles can use science to attack the reliability of breath results. Some Los Angeles DUI lawyers have background in science, others learned enough from books and experts. The prosecutor, as part of his case, will use an expert to interpret the blood results and opine on the impairment. Defense can either attack the testimony of the People’s expert or/and can call its own expert who will opine that there is no impairment and/or that the alcohol level at the time of driving is below the statutory .08%. Short of calling your own expert, Los Angeles DWI lawyers need to know basic scientific articles discussing science behind alcohol impairment and level of alcohol in blood. Because […]
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January 30, 2012
Any DUI prosecution depends on blood or breath test results that will be used to prosecuted a DUI case. DUI test results then will be presented to the court as evidence of guilt. DUI lawyer Los Angeles knows how to defend against DUI test results and will prepare a defense of DUI test. Knowledgeable Los Angeles DUI lawyers can undermine results of a DUI test using scientific approach to DUI. Depending on the circumstances of a DUI arrest in Los Angeles, DUI test results can be very defensible. There are number of approaches that can be taken by drunk driving defense lawyer against both DUI blood test and DUI breath test. For example, Los Angeles DUI Attorney can question the […]
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October 5, 2011
A person arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles or anywhere else in California has a right to a DMV hearing to show that the police stop or the arrest was not justified or that at the time of driving, the blood alcohol level was below .08% BAC. The “at the time of driving” is the most important part because the alcohol breath or blood test is usually done hours after the hearing and thus, they can be very different from the blood alcohol level if it was measured at the time of driving. Los Angeles DUI Attorney recommends that you contact a Los Angeles DUI lawyer to help you fight your DMV hearing or a DUI in Los Angeles. […]
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April 10, 2011
Vehicle Code 23612 (i) If the officer decides to use a preliminary alcohol screening test, the officer shall advise the person that he or she is requesting that person to take a preliminary alcohol screening test to assist the officer in determining if that person is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs. The person’s obligation to submit to a blood, breath, or urine test,as required by this section, for the purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content of that person’s blood, is not satisfied by the person submitting to a preliminary alcohol screening test. The officer shall advise the person of that fact and of the person’s right to refuse to take the […]
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