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Police may try to get you to perform three types of standardized Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs), and even ask you additional questions that amount to non-standardized FST.

In some cases, police appear to use the FST process in an abusive way, where you successfully complete a round of tests and the officer insists you do them again, until eventually you fail and are arrested.

From a defense perspective, this behavior may give us grounds to argue that the arrest was inappropriate.

While refusing a Field Sobriety Test isn’t the same as refusing a chemical test in New Jersey, you will almost certainly be arrested if you refuse the FST.

How you choose to proceed from the time of arrest will have a big impact on your ability to drive in the near term.

You should strongly consider consenting to chemical testing and fighting any adverse finding in court, as you can be convicted of Refusal for declining tests, and you can be convicted of DWI even without FSTs or chemical testing.

Don’t fight DWI charges alone. Attorney Matthew Reisig has helped more than 1,000 clients win against DWI charges in New Jersey, and he can help you.

Call 732-625-9660 today for a free consultation.

Breath test results can absolutely be challenged.

In fact, it’s one of the most productive lines of attack against police allegations, both because the Alcotest breath analysis device has known flaws, and because the procedures related to the maintenance, calibration, and use of chemical testing devices in New Jersey is highly regulated.

Devices with improper service records, flawed calibration methodologies, or tests that are incorrectly administered by police are all grounds to produce reasonable doubt in a case, or even have charges dismissed by a judge entirely.

Matthew Reisig is one of New Jersey’s most experienced and knowledgeable DWI attorneys.

Aside from a high rate of success in defending clients, he has also argued the flaws of the Alcotest breath device before the New Jersey Supreme Court.

If you’ve been charged with DWI in New Jersey, there simply isn’t a better choice for defense.

Call today at 732-625-9660 for a free consultation.

Yes, and these issues have been litigated to the New Jersey Supreme Court twice.

In the first case, the court found that there are known problems that must be resolved by the state, and in the second case, the court carved out an exception for some groups of people who might be unfairly convicted because of design or software flaws.

Though the court has approved continued use of the Alcotest device, know that every chemical test in New Jersey must be administered under strict protocols, and there is no such thing as a “slam dunk” DUI case.

New Jersey DUI attorney Matthew Reisig has successfully defended clients more than 1001 times, and he can help you.

Call today at 732-625-9660 and talk to a lawyer for free.