Securing Evidence for Your DWI Defense

DWI Attorney-Dan T. Matrafajlo There are many variables that determine whether or not you will be convicted of the serious offense of drunk driving. Because of this, even information that seems unimportant can help immensely in defending you against DWI charges. Sharing certain seemingly small details with your experienced New Jersey DWI attorney can help him or her to fight a DWI and prevent you from suffering the consequences of a conviction.

Witness accounts of the time before, during, and after you were stopped on suspicion of drunk driving are important evidence in your case. Any individual with whom you had contact throughout the time period surrounding your arrest is a possible witness. You may feel that admitting to someone that you have been arrested on DWI charges is embarrassing, but witness testimony could potentially save you from the serious consequences of a DWI conviction.

To maximize your chances of dismissal or acquittal, you should tell your attorney about all possible witnesses. Your New Jersey drunk driving lawyer will contact each possible witness as soon as possible to ensure that they understand the significance of their memories of that time. If you do not wish for someone to be contacted, you might have to sign a document stating that the exclusion was against your lawyer’s advice.

Because many field sobriety tests are intended to determine your ability to balance, the shoes that you were wearing at the time of your arrest could be a major factor in your defense. Regardless of possible impairment, walking in a straight line, standing on one foot, and walking heel-to-toe is difficult if what you are wearing on your feet is improper for such exercises. Cowboy boots, high-heeled shoes, sandals, flip-flops, and platform shoes are all examples of footwear that lack adequate support for tests of balance, especially given that most roads are not perfectly flat or smooth. If bad footwear impeded your performance on these tests, preserve them in their present condition. Adding wear and tear to the shoes that you wore on the date of your arrest can make them inadmissible as evidence in your case.

To secure the evidence in your case, compile a list of all possible witnesses and refrain from wearing the shoes that you wore at the time of your arrest, especially if your trial date is not for some time. To determine how this and other evidence could be used to defend you in your DWI case, call experienced New Jersey DWI lawyer Dan Matrafajlo at (908) 248-4404 for a free consultation.

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