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Asked in Westerly, RI Aug. 01, 2017 ,  1 answers Visitors: 13
Do I have a right to have my lawyer present during a blood-alcohol test?
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Posted on / Aug. 03, 2017 11:29:42

NO. Police follow an old U S Supreme Court case, Schmerber, that says officers need not delay for such things, for an implied consent test, due to the evanescent nature of alcohol being processed by the human body.

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