I handled hundreds of DUI cases as a prosecutor and tried a few. Get her case evaluated by a local attorney, sometimes the cops make procedural mistakes and you'll never know if you don't seek professional help. If nothing else, a good lawyer will help her cut a deal with the prosecutor.
WH,
In your experience as a prosecutor, of the hundreds of DUI cases that crossed your desk, what portion were "Obvious BS"?
Hard to put a number on it but there were plenty. Easiest way to determine whether a case was BS would be the arresting officer. We had a couple who did hundreds of arrests per year.
Funny thing was that lots of the cases with borderline BACs (right around 0.08) were often the most trashed on the dash cam videos. I always assumed these were people who didn’t drink very often. The pros who got trashed every night would blow a 0.2 and look and speak fine.
Thanks WH. I was hoping the answer would be "very few" or something of that nature, but, on the other hand, I appreciate your willing to call out the BS, and how you are able to identify it. Constitutionally minded prosecutors are one of the most important checks in our system.
Thanks.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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