What Your Attorney Needs to Know if You’ve Been Arrested For A DWI

After you’ve been arrested for a DWI (or as it’s referred to in some states, DUI), your lawyer will need a few pieces of key data in order to defend you in court. You should always give certain information to any legal defense you have, whether it is an attorney you have hired out of your own pocket or one you’ve been provided with from the state.

Each state is radically different concerning their DWI laws, but the information you will be providing your attorney with will be similar in almost every case. Here are a few basic facts that you will need to provide your lawyer with to help him or her construct your case.

Do you have any doubts about the breath test’s accuracy?

Most breathalyzer tests given during DWI stops are fairly universal. But they are still just machines, and machines can fail. If you believe that the breathalyzer test you were given at the time of your arrest was faulty, you may be able to easily contest your arrest. Also, human beings are quite fallible as well. If you believe the arresting officer read the breathalyzer test incorrectly, you will be able to contest your arrest.

Were you properly read your rights at the time of your arrest?

Having your Miranda rights are properly read to you is vital and you absolutely need to have them read to you and confirmed that you understood your rights at the time of your arrest is absolutely vital. If you were not read your rights at the time of your arrest, or if you did not verbally acknowledge that you understood them may be cause for your case to be thrown out during the arraignment process.

Being arrested for Driving While Intoxicated is a serious offense. If you are not defended properly, you could end up paying hefty fines, have your driver’s license revoked, do jail time, or in a worst case scenario, all three could occur. So when you’ve been arrested for DWI, it is important to communicate honestly and openly with your attorney so that they can defend you and your rights to the best of their ability.