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When Do You Have a Right to an Attorney After a DUI Arrest?

When Do You Have a Right to an Attorney After a DUI Arrest

The right to an attorney in a DUI case is the same right that you have in other criminal matters. You may be surprised to hear that the police can require you to take a breath test or standardized field sobriety tests before you have the right to an attorney. In fact, your right to have an attorney begins when any “custodial interrogation” begins, not when you are pulled over. “Custodial” means that a reasonable person would not feel free to leave the situation. Courts ask whether the situation presents the same coercive pressures as a “station house questioning” at the...

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