Now that you are aware that experiencing DUI requires you to face penalties, let us now take a look the matters that affected your case as a whole. You will not be filed a case unless the law enforcers have seen unlawful action on your part. And you have to deal with the legal matters as soon as possible in order not to do something that will pull you in the dearth of incarceration.

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Typically, the very reason why you were stopped was because law enforcers have seen sign of impairment in your driving actions. You may have been swerving or erratically driving that alerted the cops for them to stop your car and check your condition as a driver. It is a standard operating procedures in part of the cops, as they are allowed to pull you over when they have a probable cause to believe that you were driving erratically.
Once you were pulled over, you will be asked of the documents to show your identity—your license as well as your registration. If there will be signs of you being intoxicated with alcohol or marijuana which can be hinted through your breath, you will further be asked to step out of your car. From here your every movement will be recorded for the police report that will present as an evidence against your misdemeanor.
One of the test that may be done to prove your intoxication is the Field Sobriety Test. In fact they are not tests at all for sobriety tests are more on “exercises” that will tell whether you are sober enough t drive. The Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) was developed by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to help law enforcers in detecting offenders of DUI/DWI/OUI in their respective states. Here are what the 'tests' include:
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)
An involuntary jerking of the eye positioned to look to an object from side to side is called Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus. In normal conditions, nystagmus occur when both eyes are rotated in high peripheral angles. On the other-hand, a person impaired of alcohol or drugs as intoxicant have a difficulty in tracking an object and the nystagmus is exaggerated or rotated in lesser angles. The trembling of the eye is a sign of being influenced by an intoxicant.
Walk and Turn
By most people who are not intoxicated these movements are very easy to do. In Walk and Turn Test, the subject will be directed to take nine heel to toe steps in a straight line and turn in one foot before retuning with the same manner going back. The law enforcers will examine whether the subject can keep his balance and the ability to follow instructions.
One Leg Stand
One Leg Stand, on the the other-hand is where the subject is asked to stand using one foot with approximately 6 inches off the ground while counting by thousands in 30 seconds period. Indicators of impairment are being unable to balance, hopping, body tremors, and placing the foot down.
About the Author:
Criminal Lawyer Nicole Naum is an associate lawyer of the Law Offices of Price Benowitz LLP,. She is a Juris Doctorate Degree holder from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and is licensed to practice in Virginia and District of Columbia. Her practice is focused on the field of criminal law that make her trusted in handling cases such as reckless driving and defense for criminal charges. Atty. Naum is an assertive Prince William County Criminal Lawyer and Quantico Criminal Lawyer.