Blood Alcohol Tests: The Truth Wisconsin DUI Laws Obscure

It’s time for a bit of honesty Wisconsin drunk-driving lawmakers don’t want you to know.

Blood alcohol tests are often unreliable sources, yet thousands of convictions are based on them each year.

If you’re facing WI OWI charges, a good Wisconsin DUI lawyer can help you tackle blood test results as part of your comprehensive defense, no matter what they revealed.

Even if you’ve heard the old myth that WI drunk-driving laws suggest breath testing can be challenged but blood testing can’t, it’s essential that you contact a Wisconsin OWI attorney as experienced as Andrew Mishlove to launch the defense you deserve. Blood tests are only as reliable as the equipment and technicians involved, and there are lots of sources of errors in blood tests.

Wisconsin DUI Laws and Blood Tests

Medically speaking, there are three different ways to perform a blood test: enzymatic assays, headspace gas chromatography, and direct injection gas chromatography. While hospitals typically use enzymatic assays for medical testing purposes, it doesn’t work well in court cases, so almost all Wisconsin OWI  cases are based on headspace or direct injection gas chromatography.

In WI OWI cases, though, many things can go wrong with either test

  1. Expired test tubes
  2. Contaminated test tubes
  3. Poor blood storage techniques
  4. Ineffective preservatives or anti-coagulants in the test tube
  5. Poor sample labeling which often leads to mixed up samples
  6. Poor measurements during sample preparation
  7. Non sterile techniques or equipment during sample preparation
  8. Poorly calibrated test equipment
  9. Poorly maintained test equipment
  10. Failure to repeat the test process and/or double check each step

This isn’t even a complete list! Many other things can go wrong in these cases, and a good Wisconsin DUI lawyer will look carefully at your blood test and review the records for both the test and the equipment involved while building the defense you deserve.

WI drunk-driving laws have serious consequences you shouldn’t have to face.

 

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State of Wisconsin v. Pavittar

This gentleman was found quite drunk seated in the driver's seat of his car. A citizen witness had reported that the car was driving erratically. A police lieutenant stated that he saw Pav driving the car. Police dispatch records, however, indicated that the lieutenant arrived at the scene five minutes after the car was parked. Other witnesses reported a different driver. Attorney Mishlove tried the case to a jury and Pav was found Not Guilty. We saved him from a long jail sentence and irreparable damage to his family

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Attorney Andrew Mishlove was recently honored with a unanimous appointment as the only Wisconsin DUI (OWI) attorney on the Governing Board of Regents for the NCDD.
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