DUI Question of the Day: I was sitting in my car vomiting when I was approached by the police and subsequently arrested for a DC DUI. Is That Legal?

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney
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Yes; unfortunately, though it would depend on where you were in the car. In DC you cannot be behind the wheels of a car if you had previously consumed alcohol. The DUI laws in the District of Columbia states a person is “impaired, or influenced, if his/her ability to operate or be inPHYSICAL control of a  … Read more

Washington, DC DUI Lawyer In Court: Police Body Cameras And The Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST’s)

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney
  •   Comments Off on Washington, DC DUI Lawyer In Court: Police Body Cameras And The Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST’s)

#‎InCourt‬: DUI trial call except the government has – after two (2) requests and three months elapsed time – not provided me with the ‘body cam’ footage: captured at the arrest scene. It supposedly shows video footage of the interaction and subsequent performance of my client on the field sobriety tests: the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk-and-Turn and  … Read more