How we challenge the evidence in your DUI case
A breath number feels final. It is not. The machine that read it follows strict rules, and the officer who ran it has steps that cannot be skipped. We pull the records and check every one. The state breath machine has to be kept in working order, with a clean log of its checks. When that log is stale, or the officer cut the watch period short before the test, the result can be tossed. A burp, a belch, or food still in the mouth can throw the number off too. Any one of those things can shift your whole case.
Field sobriety tests are graded by eye, and eyes make mistakes. There are three of them. The walk and turn, the one leg stand, and the gaze test. Each has a set way it must be given, written into national testing rules. We watch the video again and again. Loose footing, a sloped road, bad lighting, tight shoes, or a rushed count of the clues, any of it gives us room to push back on what the officer wrote down. The roadside is not a lab, and we make that clear.
- We pull the breath machine logs and review the calibration history.
- We confirm the officer kept the full watch period before the test.
- We study the dash and body camera video frame by frame.
- We flag field sobriety tests that were scored the wrong way.
- We move to suppress evidence that does not hold up in court.
Sterling Heights cases run through the 41A District Court, and we know how breath and field evidence gets used there. We do this work ourselves. You call our team, you speak with the people handling your case, and you get a plain read on what the evidence really shows. No runaround, no canned script, just a straight answer on where you stand and what comes next. The sooner we see the records, the more room we have to act.
If a test result is the reason you are facing charges, let us look at it. Call us today. We will walk through what happened that night and show you where the case can break in your favor. The first step is simple. Pick up the phone and tell us your story.