Franklin County Failed Sobriety Test Defense Lawyers
Upon a traffic stop, the police will use the following indicators in order to detain you for further investigation into impaired driving: driving quality, odor of alcohol, slurred speech, bloodshot or glassy eyes, etc. At this point, you will be asked to step out of the car and perform a series of field sobriety tests. The exercises include many divided skill and attention tests, the most common being the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), the Walk and Turn, and the One-Leg Stand. Most of these tests are graded according to the officer's personal observations, many of which you are not aware are being graded as a score against you. Many officers also implement non-standard field tests using the backwards counting of numbers or letters of the alphabet. In the atmosphere of being alone with a police officer on the side of the road in the dark, you will be heavily scrutinized for any misstep or failure to act exactly as commanded. You are given no practice rounds, and only verbal instructions during this scenario. Adding to the frustration are the distractions of other vehicles speeding by, as well as the flashing of cruiser lights and the squawking of police radios.
At Scott & Nemann Co., LPA, it is our job to attack each element of the testing procedure, both required testing and non-standardized. We intend on suppressing the field sobriety test evidence if it does not substantially conform to the law. In our experience, the cruiser videos reveal substantial weaknesses in the state's case in many cases.
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