Blood Alcohol Content and Implied Consent
Driving is a privilege in Connecticut, and under Connecticut’s IMPLIED CONSENT LAW (CT General Statute 14-227b) any person who operates a motor vehicle is presume to have given his or her consent to a test to determine blood alcohol concentration (BAC).
You are legally intoxicated if your BAC is .08 or above. If you are under 21 years of age, you are legally intoxicated at a .02 BAC or higher.
You are under the influence of a drug if the drug shows up in your urine or blood.
In Connecticut, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs is a criminal offense. This offense may be prosecuted with or without any direct evidence of a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC). The determining factor is whether a person’s ability to drive has been impaired.
CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTE SECTION 14-227a (b)(6) Goes on to state that in any prosecution for dui it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the results of such chemical analysis establish the ratio of alcohol in the blood of the defendant at the time of the alleged offense, except that if the results of the additional test indicate that the ratio of alcohol in the blood of such defendant is 0.12 Of one per cent or less of alcohol, by weight, and is higher than the results of the first test, evidence shall be presented that demonstrates that the test results and the analysis thereof accurately indicate the blood alcohol content at the time of the alleged offense.
This is why you need an attorney to represent you in a CT DUI case.
Blood Alcohol Content
How BAC is measured, what .08 BAC means and effectiveness of the .08 laws.
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