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A Person Accused Of DUI Deserves A True Second Opinion

By Lawrence Koplow, Esq.

Arizona DUI cases almost always involve a chemical test. There is a movement in Arizona towards the exclusive use of blood testing. It is well settled that blood testing is more accurate than breath testing. But how accurate is blood testing? Can it truly determine a person blood alcohol concentration? I believe that these are reasonable questions to be asked by a person accused of DUI and facing 30 to 45 days in jail. Under our system of justice we should demand a better answer from the government than "because we said so" or "because our lab has the highest standards." Simple conclusions are not good enough in science and they are not good enough in justice. So who checks the government labs test results in Arizona? The simple answer is the government labs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arizona DUI Defense Blog on June 15, 2009 (boomark / email).