DUI Blood Tests: Medical vs. Forensic Draw -The Difference
Hospitals will frequently use an alcohol based solution to cleanse the injection area prior to collecting it and can’t assemble a proper chain of custody
Hospitals will frequently use an alcohol based solution to cleanse the injection area prior to collecting it and can’t assemble a proper chain of custody
Our clients ask about driversÂ’ license suspensions, especially related to driving under the influence (DUI) in Pennsylvania where jail time is mandatory
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In New Jersey, a prior, out of state DUI conviction will enhance a penalty even if that other state wasn’t a member of the Interstate DriverÂ’s License Compact.
ItÂ’s important to understand that a license suspension is an administrative action which does not fall under a criminal prosecution.
The Commonwealth will only consider a person a “repeat offender” if the 2nd DUI occurs within 10 years of the prior DUI
Serum is less dense than whole blood and therefore the weight per volume of alcohol in serum will exceed the weight per volume of alcohol in whole blood
You must understand the differences in these traffic related Pennsylvania and New Jersey charges which are graded as felonies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The United States Supreme Court has ruled found that police can’t draw a DUI suspect’s blood without a search warrant, there may be way around this decision.
While drunk driving is a serious crime in Pennsylvania, it is normally not charged as a felony offense but sometimes DUI causes serious injury death