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How to Beat an Alcohol Breath Test
If you were arrested for DUI in Michigan, the police officer probably gave you a breath test at the police station. This is to determine if your breath alcohol level was above Michigan’s legal limit of .08.
While there is little question that juries tend to give breath test results a great deal of “weight” in deciding their verdicts, all breath test cases are defensible at trial. For example, the Top Michigan DUI lawyers at the Barone Defense Firm have successfully used the following defenses to beat the breathalyzer test:
- Breath Test Operator Mistakes – the typical DUI law enforcement officer in Michigan has only attended a single one-day course after which they become certified class II operators of the breathalyzer. All officers pass this test and because the training is so inadequate, officers often make mistakes in administering the breath test. Some of these mistakes can lead to false and unreliable test results.