Presumption of Innocence in DUI Cases

The presumption of innocence is the founding premise of the American criminal justice system. It states that you are presumed to be innocent of a crime unless and until you are found guilty in a court of law. In DUI cases, the presumption of innocence is important because drivers have many available defenses to DUI charges that may not be obvious at first, such as failure to follow proper breath test procedures. If drivers were presumed guilty of a DUI without the chance to establish defenses, their cases might turn out very differently. The case of Morissette v. United States, 342...