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Kentucky Legislature Targets DUI Drug Users

By Stephen J. Isaacs, Esq.

Kentucky Legislatures are cracking down on DUI in Kentucky. Members of the Kentucky Senate passed a bill on February 27, 2007 to amend KRS 189A.010 to establish a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a substance such as amphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and other substances in the urine or blood.  Evidence of these drugs inside a person would create a rebuttable presumption of guilt in order to make it easier for prosecutors to get a conviction.  This differs from the current practice wherein prosecutors must prove the person was impaired. The Kentucky Senate further passed amendments to the Driving Under the Influence statute including: the deletion of the statutory right of DUI suspects to make telephonic communication with an attorney upon arrest; to lower the blood alcohol level required as an aggravating circumstance DUI from 0...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kentucky DUI Defense Lawyer on March 22, 2007 (boomark / email).