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Even though you've been arrested for DUI, you don't have to let it ruin your life. You may not realize it yet, but if you are thinking about simply going to court and pleading guilty to your DUI charge you may be cheating yourself.

You see, a qualified attorney can review the case for defects, suppress evidence, compel discovery of such things as calibration and maintenance records for the breath machine, have blood samples independently analyzed, obtain expert witnesses ­ all of which may help you to win your case at trial.

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Massachusetts DUI Drunk Driving Defense Information

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Norwell Drunk Driving Lawyers

• James Milligan:

  • Statewide, more than half the people who fight their cases win and your chances increase dramatically if you have an experienced drunk driving attorney!

  • The so called "Field Sobriety Tests" do not test your sobriety at all, but rather are abnormal, unusual balance and coordination tests designed for you to fail under a stressful, intimidating, and nerve-racking environment in which you were asked to perform them.

  • The Field Sobriety Tests were probably not done according to the police officers training manual.

  • There are dozens of ways to impeach the accuracy of the field tests. For instance, the most common field tests are no more than 68% accurate.

  • The Government has the burden of proof to find you guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt which is a Huge Hurdle if you have an experienced attorney who handles these types of cases.

  • Most officers will admit that what they observed could have been caused by a lack of coordination, lack of balance, nervousness or fatigue.

  • Many cases are thrown out because the police made mistakes.

  • The jury will not know that you refused the breath or blood test because it can't be used against you.

  • The jury will not know if you refused the Field Sobriety Tests because it can't be used against you.

  • The jury will not know if you have prior offenses for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

  • Unlike other states, you are not presumed to be guilty if you failed the breath test!

  • Your chances increase dramatically if you hire a lawyer who concentrates in defending drunk driving cases.
    WARNING: Drunk Driving Defense is a specialized area of the law. You need to speak to a lawyer who concentrates in fighting this type of case. You should ask any lawyer you speak to how many Drunk Driving trials he or she has had in the past year. Mr. Milligan handles 100 to 150 cases a year. His success rate is 80%.

• James J. Nally: Whoever, upon any way or in any place to which the public has a right of access, or upon any way or in any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees, operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or of marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants or stimulant substances, all as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C, or the vapors of glue shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
• Stephen Jones: An OUI conviction plea of 'guilty" or admission to sufficient facts will be a permanent part of your driving record. It does not "come off" your record after 5 yearsŠit never comes off your record. Moreover, a conviction, guilty plea or admission to sufficient facts plea is reported to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, which in turn, reports it to the National Driver's License Registry. These computer records are accessible to driver's licensing agencies nationwide.