anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

**rynobot** · 07-28-2012, 01:55 PM

I'm not going to get in to detail because I have not offically been charged with anything yet but I was stopped at a checkpoint last night and may be charged with a DUI depending on the lab results. I only had I pint of lager and blew a .011.

So does anyone here have a DUI or more than one?

I'm not gonna mention any names but R-Star prolly has to have some close calls at the least.

**R-Star** · 07-28-2012, 01:59 PM

How is a .011 enough to get you in trouble? A .08 used to be the limit up here. Switched to .05 recently.

Anyways, never got a DUI, but one year in my early 20's I had 3 24 hour suspensions which is basically a nice way of the cop saying I could give you a DUI right now but am letting you off the hook.

**Dornado** · 07-28-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rynobot

I'm not going to get in to detail because I have not offically been charged with anything yet but I was stopped at a checkpoint last night and may be charged with a DUI depending on the lab results. I only had I pint of lager and blew a .011.

So does anyone here have a DUI or more than one?

I'm not gonna mention any names but R-Star prolly has to have some close calls at the least.

(This is not legal advice/I'm not your lawyer) I would recommend talking to the City attorney of the municipality that is charging you in an attempt to reduce the charges. Sometimes something like a .011 can be reduced to something lower that won't stay on your record. Particularly if you can cast some doubt on the results of the test or whether or not they had probable cause to administer it. Were you driving erratically?

**Dornado** · 07-28-2012, 02:03 PM

Just saw the part where you said it was at a checkpoint, those things are horseshit

**rynobot** · 07-28-2012, 02:08 PM

Something could show up on my blood test.

Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, Charles Oakley, you know?

**rynobot** · 07-28-2012, 02:09 PM

I don't think they were giving me a Dui/dwi for being drunk.

**R-Star** · 07-28-2012, 02:14 PM

Ahhhh.... Drug related. Weed I'm assuming.

I don't think they can prove when you were high though, so I wouldn't think that would hold much water if you fought it.

**E.H. Munro** · 07-28-2012, 04:10 PM

If you're lucky the friendly police officer will do as pigs are wont to and lie up a blue streak.

**R-Star** · 07-28-2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

If you're lucky the friendly police officer will do as pigs are wont to and lie up a blue streak.

Yes. Every police officer is bad.

**E.H. Munro** · 07-28-2012, 05:35 PM

My brother beat a DUI because the officer that arrested him was a terrible liar. And police dishonesty isn't some rare event, but your best hope is certainly that the officer exaggerates everything to a degree that holes are easily poked in his testimony.

Firefight · 07-28-2012, 05:39 PM

Doesn't make sense to me...

What state are you in? ...and why in the world did you agree to a blood test? If you cruise up to a checkpoint, they are looking for 3 things usually.... Seatbelts, valid DL/insurance, and to see if you're drunk... Every once in awhile they catch someone with a b.s. warrant...

How does one end up getting blood tested? And if one was subject to a blood test, how are you at home waiting for results? The only time they draw blood, is after an accident or you fail the field sobriety test... At that point, they can hold you for 24hrs without charging you... At that point, you are either charged or released... I've never, ever heard of them drawing blood and telling the person, "ok, go home and we will call you in a few days."

**rynobot** · 07-28-2012, 05:49 PM

Live in PA, took 4 soberity tests and then they told me I was being charged with dui, where I was handcuffed and taken to the hospital. I think the charges are pending untill they get the results back from the lab.

**E.H. Munro** · 07-28-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Firefight

Doesn't make sense to me...

What state are you in? ...and why in the world did you agree to a blood test? If you cruise up to a checkpoint, they are looking for 3 things usually.... Seatbelts, valid DL/insurance, and to see if you're drunk... Every once in awhile they catch someone with a b.s. warrant...

How does one end up getting blood tested? And if one was subject to a blood test, how are you at home waiting for results? The only time they draw blood, is after an accident or you fail the field sobriety test... At that point, they can hold you for 24hrs without charging you... At that point, you are either charged or released... I've never, ever heard of them drawing blood and telling the person, "ok, go home and we will call you in a few days."

If you blow more than .08 many police departments order blood tests to confirm the results. Given the inaccuracy of the breathalyzer tests the "blood test for confirmation" requirement is a good one. They did that to my brother, and the blood tests showed .07, which got the charge reduced from OWI to OUI. But he still beat it because the arresting officer didn't know what the various field sobriety tests measure, and in his manufactured testimony claimed that my brother only passed the one test that that he failed (but it's the one test that no one can actually pass).

**Hibachi!** · 07-28-2012, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

If you blow more than .08 many police departments order blood tests to confirm the results. Given the inaccuracy of the breathalyzer tests the "blood test for confirmation" requirement is a good one. They did that to my brother, and the blood tests showed .07, which got the charge reduced from OWI to OUI. But he still beat it because the arresting officer didn't know what the various field sobriety tests measure, and in his manufactured testimony claimed that my brother only passed the one test that that he failed (but it's the one test that no one can actually pass).

But he blew a .011. Well below the legal limit. So why the blood test?

**R-Star** · 07-28-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hibachi!

But he blew a .011. Well below the legal limit. So why the blood test?

Probably visibly baked out of his mind.

07-28-2012, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
rynobot LeBron James in my sig since 2002! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gettysburg, PA- Age: 29 Posts: 6,915 Rep Power: 12601618	anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? I'm not going to get in to detail because I have not offically been charged with anything yet but I was stopped at a checkpoint last night and may be charged with a DUI depending on the lab results. I only had I pint of lager and blew a .011. So does anyone here have a DUI or more than one? I'm not gonna mention any names but R-Star prolly has to have some close calls at the least. __________________ The Official LeBron James Website What the NBA could have looked like with out free agency or trades

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R-Star BBB.net Archivist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The village of Clive, bro Age: 30 Posts: 37,956 Rep Power: 21474884	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? How is a .011 enough to get you in trouble? A .08 used to be the limit up here. Switched to .05 recently. Anyways, never got a DUI, but one year in my early 20's I had 3 24 hour suspensions which is basically a nice way of the cop saying I could give you a DUI right now but am letting you off the hook. __________________

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Dornado Community Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 10,334 Rep Power: 10609191	Just saw the part where you said it was at a checkpoint, those things are horseshit __________________

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rynobot LeBron James in my sig since 2002! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gettysburg, PA- Age: 29 Posts: 6,915 Rep Power: 12601618	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? Something could show up on my blood test. Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, Charles Oakley, you know? __________________ The Official LeBron James Website What the NBA could have looked like with out free agency or trades

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rynobot LeBron James in my sig since 2002! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gettysburg, PA- Age: 29 Posts: 6,915 Rep Power: 12601618	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? I don't think they were giving me a Dui/dwi for being drunk. __________________ The Official LeBron James Website What the NBA could have looked like with out free agency or trades

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R-Star BBB.net Archivist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The village of Clive, bro Age: 30 Posts: 37,956 Rep Power: 21474884	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? Ahhhh.... Drug related. Weed I'm assuming. I don't think they can prove when you were high though, so I wouldn't think that would hold much water if you fought it. __________________

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E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,281 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? If you're lucky the friendly police officer will do as pigs are wont to and lie up a blue streak. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

07-28-2012, 05:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,281 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? My brother beat a DUI because the officer that arrested him was a terrible liar. And police dishonesty isn't some rare event, but your best hope is certainly that the officer exaggerates everything to a degree that holes are easily poked in his testimony. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

07-28-2012, 05:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
Firefight Player Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 579 Rep Power: 167457	Doesn't make sense to me... What state are you in? ...and why in the world did you agree to a blood test? If you cruise up to a checkpoint, they are looking for 3 things usually.... Seatbelts, valid DL/insurance, and to see if you're drunk... Every once in awhile they catch someone with a b.s. warrant... How does one end up getting blood tested? And if one was subject to a blood test, how are you at home waiting for results? The only time they draw blood, is after an accident or you fail the field sobriety test... At that point, they can hold you for 24hrs without charging you... At that point, you are either charged or released... I've never, ever heard of them drawing blood and telling the person, "ok, go home and we will call you in a few days."

07-28-2012, 05:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
rynobot LeBron James in my sig since 2002! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gettysburg, PA- Age: 29 Posts: 6,915 Rep Power: 12601618	Re: anyone here ever gotten a DUI/DWI? Live in PA, took 4 soberity tests and then they told me I was being charged with dui, where I was handcuffed and taken to the hospital. I think the charges are pending untill they get the results back from the lab. __________________ The Official LeBron James Website What the NBA could have looked like with out free agency or trades

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