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Truth, Justice…and DUI Politics »

It is known by any experienced criminal attorney that when dealing with a drunk driving offense truth, justice and fairness can be rare commodities in our courts. This thing has  has become such a common phenomena that now a label has been acquired by it and that is: "The DUI exception to the Constitution". When it comes to cases that involves driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, it looks like there is a distinct bias in favor of "streamlining" procedures and facilitating convictions.

 

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It might be suggested by the cynics that this may have something to do with political considerations with the desire of some judges to get reelected. We will discuss that about that in a moment….. Right now, let’s take a look at an example of what kind of thinking goes on in a DUI case in the judicial mind. In fact, let us take example from the highest court of the most populated state in the country: the Supreme Court of California.

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DUI Defense Strategies: Errors of DUI Investigation »

In this article we have described few probable errors of DUI Investigation such as Blood Test Errors, errors in Probable Cause Arguments,Procedural and Administrative Errors.

Blood Test Errors

Blood tests are generally more accurate. The reasons of errors in blood test are flaws of their own.

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Below we have given a list of these errors:

•    Test is not administered properly.
•    The test is contaminated, such as by swabbing the skin with alcohol.
•    The time between the sample drawn and its analysis the alcohol may be formed in the sample by fermentation.
•    There could be a mix up in samples that have resulted in a wrong blood sample being analyzed.

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75 Facts about Texas DWI Case – Part 2 »

In the previous article you must have read few facts about Texas DWI, in this article I have explained the rest of the facts about Texas DWI.

Texas DWI – 6 reasons why a DWI jury trial may be for you

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  1. It is required that further away a reasonable doubt six people have to agree on your guilt. In a misdemeanor DWI the number of people is 6 and in a felony DWI the number of people must be 12.
  2. It is the only way in most of the cases by which you can keep your record clean.
  3. Punishment given to you if you are found guilty will almost be of same kind as the punishment which will be given to you if you plea guilty.
  4. DPS decided to assess a surcharge of 3,000-6,000, and the only way might have with you to avoid it is a jury trial.
  5. The “plea bargain” which has been offered to you, after all was not much of a bargain.
  6. What you have to imagine is that you are not guilty. You have to think in this way as this possibility has never ever considered by the policeman and the district attorney.

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