How Advanced Forensic Training Changes DUI Defense Strategy in Denver Courts

Are you currently facing charges for driving while ability impaired (DWAI) or driving under the influence (DUI) in Colorado? If so, a major component of the prosecution’s case against you is likely to be the chemical test — the breath or blood sample taken — in connection with your arrest. While the evidence the prosecution plans to present will look objective because it is based in scientific analysis methods, a DUI defense attorney in Denver who has specialized forensic training as an ACS Forensic Lawyer-Scientist can actually use more advanced methods to assess the evidence being used against you and to show that there are flaws in the method of assessment used by the prosecution, in the tests completed to determine the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in the sample, or defects in the machines used to calibrate the sample.

In short, advanced forensic training can change your DUI defense strategy in a Denver court by focusing on the detailed, scientific problems with the key piece of evidence being used to try to convict you and to show that those results are erroneous.

Use of Advanced Forensic Tests and Assessment Methods

When you work with a DUI defense attorney in Colorado with an ACS Forensic Lawyer-Scientist Designation, you will have an attorney who will be focusing on extremely new and state-of-the-art forensic chromatography and drug analysis methods to test and assess the chemical sample that the prosecution is using to argue that you should be convicted of a DWAI or DUI.

Methods used by the prosecution are often older methods, and on older machines, that can result in erroneous BAC readings. Our defense strategy can involve advanced and innovative testing and assessment methods, such as high sensitivity gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to reveal that the prosecution’s data should not be trusted.

Revealing Problems with the Allegedly Scientific Data Being Used by the Prosecution

In our advanced forensic assessment methods, we can highlight a range of potential issues with the prosecution’s data, including but not limited to:

• Illuminating inaccurate determinations of your BAC because the test methods used were not sufficiently advanced;
• Revealing problems with the specific machines and equipment used to conduct tests on your sample, including potential calibration issues or maintenance issues; and/or
• Exposing now-invalidated scientific methods for assessing your chemical sample and determining.

In sum, defense lawyers with advanced forensic training can focus on the science and unveil the flawed data or evidence being used by the prosecution.

Contact a Denver DWAI and DUI Defense Attorney for Help Using Forensics to Beat the Charges You Are Facing 

When you are facing charges for a DWAI or DUI in Denver or elsewhere in Colorado, you want to have a defense lawyer on your side with experience in advanced forensic training. As we discussed above, when a lawyer has advanced forensic training and has an ACS Forensic Lawyer-Scientist designation, that lawyer will be able to point out scientific issues with the evidence being used against you in the DWAI or DUI proceedings. Instead of focusing on other defense strategies that have been common in many DWAI and DUI cases, an experienced Denver DWAI and DUI defense attorney at DeChant Law can make forensic challenges to the chemical test sample and results in your case. Contact our firm today to learn more about forensic strategies we employ in DWAI and DUI defense cases we handle in the Denver area.

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