Houston DWID Defense Lawyer
Many people mistakenly believe that DWIs are only used against people found to be drunk driving. In fact, Driving While Intoxicated charges apply to any type of intoxication including legal and illegal drugs. Many people think they will help their situation by explaining to the police officer they are on a prescription drug, but instead, this information is used against them in court. If a drug, legal or otherwise, affects your ability to drive in any way, it is illegal to use while operating a vehicle. If you have made the mistake of trying to defend yourself by explaining that you were taking a prescription, your Houston DWI attorney can help show the prescription did not impair your driving abilities.
A Driving While Intoxicated by Drugs charge is just as serious as a DWI charge, except it is commonly accompanied by a possession of drugs charge as well. Your Houston DWI lawyer can help you fight both of these charges. In fact, if the possession and officer testimony are the main evidence against you for a DWID charge, this circumstantial evidence may be too little to make a DWID accusation stick. Please speak with a skilled Houston DWID defense attorney to discuss your defense options.
The good thing about DWID charges is the relative lack of evidence many of them have accompanying them. As stated above, circumstantial evidence is not enough to convict someone of this crime. In a standard drunk driving case, the field sobriety tests and breathalyzer tests will be used as evidence –but neither of these tests applies to drug use. In order for your conviction to stand, you generally must have failed a blood or urine test. If you have failed a urine test, your Houston DWID defense lawyer can still easily fight the results by showing that many drugs will show up in your urine sample long after the effects have left your body. You can only be charged with a DWID if you were driving while influenced by the drug. Some substances, like marijuana, can stay in your system for weeks after you stopped feeling their effects.
If you have been charged with a DWID, be sure to contact a skilled attorney with experience in this legal area. At Johnson, Johnson & Baer, our lawyers are some of the top in the state. Call today and we will be happy to discuss your drunk driving defense in Houston.