If you have ever been pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving, you may have been asked to take a breath test. Typically administered by having you blow into a breathalyzer, which is an instrument used to determine your blood-alcohol content, the breath test gives law enforcement an idea of whether you consumed alcohol before …
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Breathalyzer devices are not infallible. Neither are Intoxilyzers nor any other portable machine used to administer roadside breath tests to drivers whom police suspect of drunk driving. Such machines have been known to suffer from various calibration and human errors – leading to erroneous results. Because the machines are fallible, it is fair game to …
If you’re pulled over for a DUI arrest and “fail” a blood-alcohol test, don’t give up. As a recent New York court case shows, lawyers can use many extenuating circumstances to challenge a guilty verdict. The case stemmed from an October 17 incident outside a bar in Westchester County. Henry Danroy Jr., a 20-year-old Pace …