{"id":558,"date":"2019-11-28T09:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/do.radiusccc7.com\/thedefensegroup\/?p=558"},"modified":"2019-11-28T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T09:12:10","slug":"do-i-have-to-be-drunk-to-be-found-guilty-of-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/do.radiusccc7.com\/thedefensegroup\/do-i-have-to-be-drunk-to-be-found-guilty-of-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Have to be Drunk to be Found Guilty of DUI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NO!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A person does not have to be drunk in order to be considered guilty of a DUI. To be found guilty, one would need to be both in physical control of a vehicle and impaired by either alcohol, drugs, or some combination of the two. To arrest a person on suspicion of DUI, the police need to have Probable Cause he or she is impaired. They accomplish this through both field sobriety exercises and ordinary observation. The initial reason for the stop is often a bad driving pattern (weaving, etc.) This is often the first factor in the police determination of a DUI. The odor of alcohol is not evidence of impairment, but it will cause the police to look more carefully at a driver.<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one has been accused of a DUI, contact an attorney at The Defense Group using our website or call us at 407-831-1956 or 352-742-9090 for a FREE CONSULTATION. We are available 24 hours a day in case of emergency, and we are able to arrange appointments for nights or weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst misconception is I think, that DUI means \u201cdrunk driving.\u201d You do not have to be drunk to be guilty of DUI. You merely have to be driving a vehicle or in physical control of it. That includes parked with the engine off, keys in your pocket or in the ignition, sound asleep. That\u2019s still DUI. You\u2019re in physical control of that motor vehicle. If you do that at a point in time when you are impaired from either alcohol or any of the several hundred drugs that are in our statutes, then you are DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Now, what is impaired? If you blow over a .08 on the breath test, that much alcohol, you\u2019re presumed to be impaired. If you don\u2019t blow over a .08, they\u2019ve got to prove that you\u2019re impaired. The way they typically do that is by asking you to take some field sobriety exercises and they make observations as soon as they stop you. Suppose they stop you for a taillight out, they walk up to the window, the officer in his report says, \u201cI noted the strong odor of the impurities of an alcoholic beverage coming from his face. His eyes were bloodshot and watery. His speech was slurred. He was fumbling. He couldn\u2019t get his wallet out. He dropped the drivers license. I asked him to step out of the vehicle, he fell on on the ground.\u201d All of those observations are entitled to show that you\u2019re impaired.<\/p>\n<p>They ask you to do a series of field sobriety exercises, which by the way, you should never, ever, ever, do. Then they write down what they consider clues of impairment from watching you do those things. If they are able to demonstrate in their mind that you\u2019re impaired, they arrest you. Now I would tell you this: in my experience, if it\u2019s late at night and you\u2019ve got alcohol on your breath and you\u2019re behind the wheel of a car and you\u2019re alive, you\u2019re going to jail for DUI. You may or may not be convicted, but that\u2019s pretty much the litmus test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t prevent your arrest, but we may be able to present a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Call us immediately after you are released from Jail.<\/p>\n<p><center>CALL US NOW!<br \/>\n407-831-1956 or 352-742-9090<br \/>\nWE CAN HELP!!<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NO! A person does not have to be drunk in order to be considered guilty of a DUI. To be found guilty, one would need to be both in physical control of a vehicle and impaired by either alcohol, drugs, or some combination of the two. To arrest a person on suspicion of DUI, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/do.radiusccc7.com\/thedefensegroup\/do-i-have-to-be-drunk-to-be-found-guilty-of-dui\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do I Have to be Drunk to be Found Guilty of DUI?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do I Have to be Drunk to be Found Guilty of DUI? - The Defense Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do I Have to be Drunk to be Found Guilty of DUI? - The Defense Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NO! 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