breathalyzer
DUI victory only comes after a not guilty plea, says Fairfax lawyer
DWI victory -- and any criminal trial win -- can only follow a not guilty / innocent plea. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that this concept is at once a truism but also hard for at least a handful defendants to choose, at...
Virginia DWI testing- Fairfax DUI lawyer demands accuracy
Virginia DWI testing for BAC content needs transparency and accuracy. Instead, as a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the breath testing approach to BAC testing is severely flawed by the inherent inaccuracy that comes with breath testing rather than blood testing, by giving the...
Virginia DWI BAC testing requires 20 minute advance mouth check
Virginia DWI BAC (blood alcohol concentration) testing is unreliable if the breath technician does not at least twenty minutes before testing, check the inside of the suspect's mouth for foreign substances. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that post-arrest breathalyzer testing is supposed to...
Virginia DUI arrests and prosecutions – Often by true believers
Virginia DUI arrests and prosecutions often, if not usually, are pursued by true believers among police officers and prosecutors. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I am providing you this timely DUI defense information during this holiday weekend when police are all the more on the...
Accuracy of Virginia breath testing questioned by Fairfax DUI lawyer
Accuracy of breathalyzer testing is far from what the Virginia Department of Forensic Science claims, says Fairfax DWI lawyer Accuracy of breathalyzer testing is what I always am ready to attack as a Fairfax DUI lawyer. Today’s blog entry is all the more important, to...
Virginia DUI pitfalls – Fairfax criminal lawyer on avoiding such traps
Virginia DUI pitfalls loom around virtually every corner for those who get behind the wheel too soon after drinking beer, wine or other alcohol in the Commonwealth. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I address below some practical and less obvious approaches to avoiding becoming a...
SCOTUS’s Birchfield decision misses the gross inaccuracy of breath testing in DWI cases
The next time the Supreme Court reviews a DWI case, it will be important to enlighten the justices on how inaccurate are breathalyzer machines.
Knowing the judges and jurors — their passions over drinking and driving
When I am defending clients charged with DWI -- which I do all the time -- I am defending the very essence of our civil liberties.