For a free personal consultation with Mr. Kuwatch please click here to fill out the Client's Preliminary Interview Form. After you complete the form Kuwatch Law Offices will call you as soon as possible during normal business hours. Or if you prefer, you can give us a call at 800.734.7114. The defendant has often admitted at the time of arrest, consuming some amount of alcohol prior to driving.
Prosecutors often use such statements to impeach the defendant's credibility.
They have the prosecution expert testify as to how much alcohol the defendant had in him at the time of his blood, breath or urine test. The answer usually makes the client look like a liar. And the jury is told that they can't trust anything the client said, like, when he said he was not affected by the alcohol. But your expert can often reconcile the chemical test result with your client's admissions. The defendant's credibility is thereby restored, not only with regard to what he drank, but on everything else in his testimony.