Fort Myers DUI Attorneys

Field Sobriety Tests

The Fort Myers DUI attorneys at Musca Law are here to help you if you have been arrested for DUI (driving under the influence) in South Florida. As a legal team with over 100 years of experience in criminal law, we understand how field sobriety tests and their results will affect our clients’ cases. Our lawyers understand how to contest these results and how to create an effective DUI defense strategy even in cases involving refusals or failures of field sobriety testing.

Field Sobriety Tests and Fort Myers DUI Defense

Field sobriety tests are an important part of any Lee County DUI case. Either in the absence of a breath or blood test result of .08% or greater or in addition to chemical test results, field sobriety test results will be used to prove a driver’s intoxication in a Florida DUI case.

To be deemed “intoxicated” or “under the influence” of alcohol and/or drugs, a person’s normal mental and/or physical abilities must be impaired. Field sobriety tests are used to prove this. However, what many may not know about field sobriety tests is that they are highly subjective to the officer’s opinion of your performance. It is difficult to judge specific set standards of passing or failing field sobriety test, and it is an often occurrence that an officer may not be trained in administering and scoring field sobriety tests.

There are three areas where a field sobriety test may go wrong: an anomaly in the test subject (the driver may have a physical condition which prevents him or her from passing a test), an improperly administered test or an external condition affecting the test subject’s performance (poor lighting, weather conditions, etc.)

DUI Defense Lawyers Serving Fort Myers, Florida

A defense lawyer at Musca Law can help you even if you have failed field sobriety tests. We understand what can go wrong and how to prove in court proceedings and at DMV hearings that: you actually did not fail, that you were not intoxicated or that your failure was caused due to another factor (tiredness, illness, etc.)

A Fort Myers DUI lawyer at our firm can help defend your rights in the face of serious drunk driving charges. Contact Musca Law today!