Sobriety Check Points in Missouri Attorney
The injustice of a police checkpoint stopping hundreds of cars in traffic at random can make your blood boil. Don't let it. Remain calm and remember what you learn from this website. Contact a sobriety check points in Missouri lawyer.
In the back of your mind you are probably saying, there's something wrong here. Isn't there something called the Constitution, that protects me from unreasonable searches like this? The Supreme Court has actually taken up this question and held that as long as sobriety checkpoints are done in a prescribed fashion, they are not unreasonable under the circumstances.
At this writing, at least 10 states have forbidden their police from using sobriety checkpoints, even though they are not illegal under federal law. States like Missouri allow them partly due to public outrage over damage and deaths caused by truly drunken driving. But police may be overzealous in arresting people with even the slightest sign of having consumed any alcohol at all.
Officers may report that you exhibited these signs whether you did or not:
- Slurred speech
- Flushed red face
- Bloodshot eyes
- Odor of alcohol
- Unsteady balance
Be polite, but say as little as possible. Whether or not you refuse testing, and even if you test below the legal limit, you can be arrested on the basis of the officer's testimony.
St. Louis DWI Field Sobriety Defense Lawyer
Contact attorney Travis Noble, Jr. He was a police officer from 1985 to 1990 and a narcotics agent from 1990 until 1995. He lectures at seminars nationwide on the topic of DWI cases, is a graduate of the National College of DUI Defense at Harvard University, and has won the Charles Shaw Outstanding Trial Advocacy Award from the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Most importantly, he has a track record of successfully defending some of the toughest sobriety check points in Missouri. E-mail us or call our law firm at 314-450-7849 or 866-794-0947.