Articles on South Carolina Law

After the embarrassment of being arrested for a DUI, the panic and anxiety of what will happen next sets in.

What can be done to keep this DUI arrest from making me lose my job? Will this one mistake follow me the rest of my life? What defenses do I have? Can an attorney even do anything?

“I blew over the legal limit so I know there’s nothing a lawyer can do.”

This is something that many potential clients tell me. But did you know that there may be something a lawyer can do for your DUI case even if you blew over the legal limit in SC?

This is the third part of a three part blog series on the most commonly used DUI Field Sobriety Tests. Part 1 covers the Horizontal Nystagmus Gaze Test, and Part 2 covers the Walk and Turn Test. This blog will cover everything you need to know about the One Leg Stand Test.

It is very important to remember that you do not have to take a DUI Field Sobriety Test. This can be something you don’t even realize when you are trying to obey the commands of law enforcement. You want to be respectful and do what you are told, but did you know you don’t even have the take the tests? The less evidence you give the police to work with on a DUI, the better off your case will be.

I have had many clients call me and tell me they are never going to beat their DUI case. My job is to dissect each case and carve out the defenses.

People worry about the high number they blew on the breathalyzer and believe they will never beat a DUI case because of that reading. But there are many pieces to the puzzle of a DUI case. The breathalyzer is a computer and like any other machine, can make errors.