DUI Defense

WEBVTT 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:11.095 I think people understand that the DUI is a really specialized area of the law. 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:12.540 You have to understand the science. 00:00:12.565 --> 00:00:14.260 You have to understand blood testing. 00:00:14.285 --> 00:00:16.700 You have to understand breath testing. 00:00:16.725 --> 00:00:19.700 You have to understand field sobriety testing. 00:00:19.725 --> 00:00:24.140 Who can do it, who can't do it, where it can be done, where it can't be done. 00:00:24.165 --> 00:00:26.780 There are issues regarding the stops of the vehicle. 00:00:26.805 --> 00:00:30.380 There are issues regarding decisions to arrest people. 00:00:30.405 --> 00:00:35.840 There are issues with whether field sobriety tests can be admissible 00:00:35.865 --> 00:00:37.740 if they were done correctly. 00:00:37.765 --> 00:00:39.820 DUI is really a specialized field. 00:00:39.845 --> 00:00:42.780 It is an area unto itself. 00:00:42.805 --> 00:00:48.160 If you've got an attorney that does DUI as one of 15 other areas of law that they 00:00:48.185 --> 00:00:52.100 practice, that's probably not the place that you want to be. 00:00:52.125 --> 00:00:56.180 I think a lot of people, if there's a blood test result in their case, 00:00:56.205 --> 00:01:02.180 feel that it's hopeless, feel that that is something that just can't be challenged. 00:01:02.205 --> 00:01:05.620 I'm very passionate about challenging blood test results, 00:01:05.645 --> 00:01:09.480 and that's because I really have learned everything that can go 00:01:09.505 --> 00:01:11.380 wrong with a blood test. 00:01:11.405 --> 00:01:15.820 I spend a week every year at a laboratory in Arlington, 00:01:15.845 --> 00:01:21.700 Texas, teaching other lawyers how blood should be drawn, how it should be tested, 00:01:21.725 --> 00:01:24.780 and how to talk about blood to jurors. 00:01:24.805 --> 00:01:28.015 You need somebody fighting for you. 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.680 You need somebody who knows how to challenge blood test evidence, how to 00:01:30.705 --> 00:01:34.900 challenge breath test evidence, how to challenge field sobriety tests. 00:01:34.925 --> 00:01:39.570 Having the right lawyer when you walk into a courtroom on a DUI charge can make 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:41.930 all the difference in the world. 00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:44.820 At St. Louis, Huffman Law, that's what we do. 00:01:44.845 --> 00:01:49.660 When we walk in, the judges and the prosecutors know we know what we're doing. 00:01:49.685 --> 00:01:53.160 We fight these cases to death, and we get good results for our clients.