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    Quote Originally Posted by Raisor View Post
    Did you call this lawyer on your cell? Do you have the number?

    You don't know who the lawyer is, right?

    I don't think I'd mention this in court.
    Actually, I never thought to check my call history. I'm going to do that right now. Do you think that will help me?


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    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    Actually, I never thought to check my call history. I'm going to do that right now. Do you think that will help me?
    no.

    A jury isn't going to care if you got bad advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raisor View Post
    Did you call this lawyer on your cell? Do you have the number?

    You don't know who the lawyer is, right?

    I don't think I'd mention this in court.
    I'd avoid court at all costs, the story I've read here will fall flat 30 seconds into the excuse path. Add in any odd body language and built in predjudices from judge/jury and the penanlty will just get larger with each word.

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    No. Falure to blow in Kentucky is an automatic aggravated DUI.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raisor View Post
    no.

    A jury isn't going to care if you got bad advice.
    So what you're saying is that even though I'm innocent, I should plead guilty?

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    Listen- the only time you don't blow in Kentucky is if your blood alcohol level is over 1.6.

    That is very, very drunk, and any lawyer would know that.

    And if you weren't very, very drunk, then you should have blown.

    If your BAC is 0.8-1.6, you get a DUI. Higher than that is an aggravated DUI, which is what you get charged with when you refuse to blow.

    So sue your lawyer and bend over and grab your ankles and pray for a plea.

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    Re: DUI Lawyers

    Quote Originally Posted by Dom Heffner View Post
    No. Falure to blow in Kentucky is an automatic aggravated DUI.
    That's not what the lawyer told me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    That's not what the lawyer told me.
    If you did not blow and you were arrested, you were automatically charged with aggravated DUI.

    That's how they get you to blow.

    This is not optional. By not blowing, you automatically are charged with this, whether you were a choir boy or Adolf Hitler.

    Now- you may not be convicted of this becuase of your prior record, but believe me, you're charged with it.

    It is against the law to not blow in Kentucky. It is a crime.

    Even if they end up not charging you with a DUI, you didn't blow, so it's an automatic license suspension.
    Last edited by Dom Heffner; 02-26-2010 at 06:26 PM.

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    If you were arraigned, you should have some paperwork saying what you were charged with someplace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raisor View Post
    If you were arraigned, you should have some paperwork saying what you were charged with someplace.
    When I get home from work, I'll look that up. Maybe the lawyer was talking about Ohio law or something like that.

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    I'd look at my outgoing calls and any paperwork I might have from the incident before I queried a bunch of baseball loving guys on what the law is.

    Fact is by you not doing that (or realizing it??) makes me ponder if you still might have a slight buzz happening.

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    This thread has been extremely helpful. Does anyone know where I could get a great price on a lawyer for the sake of plea bargaining? At the moment, that's what I'm leaning toward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    This thread has been extremely helpful. Does anyone know where I could get a great price on a lawyer for the sake of plea bargaining? At the moment, that's what I'm leaning toward.
    I think you'll get offered a deal- they'll lower it from aggravated DUI to DUI if you just plead guilty.

    But lordy, if you weren't drunk (as in 1.6 or above), just blow....

    Lesson learned.

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    It's just odd to me that a lawyer would tell you to not take a breathlyzer without knowing the facts.

    He essentially just guaranteed you an aggravated DUI charge over a DUI.

    Just remember- if you are really drunk- like fall down, crazy- refuse the breathlyzer. At this point you know you're up for aggravated, so make them prove it. If you arent, though, then take it.

    I also find it odd they didn't give you a field test. Usually that provides them with probable cause. They need that, because a good DUI lawyer will try and get your case thrown out under that premise. To just see you swerve or cross a yellow line, isn't enough, so they normally want you to fail a field test, then they can ask you, with cause, to take a breathlyzer test. These guys aren't stupid (well, they can be, but you know what I mean...)....

    In your case you were just sitting at a light asleep, so not sure how much cause is there, other than the alcohol smell. That may be enough, but that field test is a good way to have cause for you to blow....
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    Re: DUI Lawyers

    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    When I was in the cruiser, I called a lawyer (I forget which one), and he told me not to submit to the breathalyser and to call him the next day (which I didn't do).
    You were able to get a lawyer to pick up in the middle of the night? At least I'm assuming this wasn't from 9-5 on a weekday.


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