It could have been an office party that went slightly over the limits or even a night out with friends that turned into a nightmare. This nightmare started the moment the local authorities decided to pull your car over for no specific reason and found you to be over the legal limit. Having a DUI charge against your name can cause havoc in your life. It means that you have a criminal record that will negatively impact your career, your financial status and can even lead to severe penalties and in the worst-case scenario, some jail time. It is why when you find yourself in this position, it is best not to hesitate but to immediately find yourself the necessary legal support to argue your case. The team of reputable lawyers in Rhode Island at John Grasso states that there might be several reasons causing your arrest to be unlawful, urging the courts to simply drop the case against you.
“Our team will always go back to carefully consider every aspect of your arrest. We want to determine whether the authorities had any reason to pull your vehicle over. We want to know if they treated you according to your human rights and whether there could have been any steps not taken as per legal requirements for this kind of arrest. If we can find that there were any actions, they took that were not compliant to the stipulated requirements, then we’ll ask the courts to dismiss the case against you, clearing your records,” says Blake Nolan, the media consultant to John Grasso.
Nolan further explains that in general once people face a charge for drunk driving and they have had a drink before getting behind the wheel, they immediately accept that they are guilty of the offense and that they need to take the punishment that the courts hand them. This is not the case at all. He states that nobody is guilty until found so and before that can take place, all contributing factors need to be considered. “One of the factors that are vital to consider is to see how accurate the breathalyzer tests were. When was the device last calibrated and whether the results obtained are reliable,” he continues?
While it might seem that you have no other option than to simply accept the fact that you are guilty, many other factors are playing an important role to determine your guilt.
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Under the guidance and leadership of John R. Grasso, our team of legal experts practices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We represent our clients in the Federal District Courts and we are part of the United States Supreme Court Bar. To complete our extensive portfolio of legal representation, you will also find our team in the classroom as attorney Grasso is a faculty member at the Roger Williams University School of Law. Here he shares his knowledge about criminal litigation and trial advocacy with the next generation of legal masterminds. Visit our website https://www.johngrassolaw.com/ and see what we have to offer and what our clients say about our service. Alternatively, reach out via phone or email.