I was driving home from a bar with a few friends, really didn't think I was over the legal limit...
We got stopped at a random checkpoint. Upon opening the window the officer asked if we were smoking weed (we weren't at the time, my friend however had pretty stinky bud in his pocket.) I replied that we weren't, and he quickly started giving me sobriety tests. I did okay but he made me get out of the vehicle and head over to a gas station where they were rounding up and testing a bunch of people.
I did the tests pretty well, I'm not very balanced to begin with. So the officer eventually gives me a breathalizer test and I blow a .083. They cuff me and take me to a hospital where they proceed to draw blood for a test. I didn't have any marijuana on me or in the car, but I'm afraid small traces may show up in my blood (I was in a very smoky room earlier in the night, about 4.5 hours before the test and although I didn't smoke that night, I had smoked just a few days before this happened).
They never took me to the station. They dropped the blood sample off at the station and took me home. I had to pick my car up the next morning.
This is my first offense and I was cooperative, but I'm a little scared about the whole marijuana thing. It definitely wouldn't be enough to prove I was high while driving but I'm afraid that won't matter. If I test positive for that on top of my .083 BAC what am I facing? I'm so frustrated. Only .003 over the legal limit. I'm awaiting the blood test results and a summons in the mail. What kind of sentence am I looking at for pleading guilty? I'm thinking about getting an attorney as well. Any advice is appreciated...
We got stopped at a random checkpoint. Upon opening the window the officer asked if we were smoking weed (we weren't at the time, my friend however had pretty stinky bud in his pocket.) I replied that we weren't, and he quickly started giving me sobriety tests. I did okay but he made me get out of the vehicle and head over to a gas station where they were rounding up and testing a bunch of people.
I did the tests pretty well, I'm not very balanced to begin with. So the officer eventually gives me a breathalizer test and I blow a .083. They cuff me and take me to a hospital where they proceed to draw blood for a test. I didn't have any marijuana on me or in the car, but I'm afraid small traces may show up in my blood (I was in a very smoky room earlier in the night, about 4.5 hours before the test and although I didn't smoke that night, I had smoked just a few days before this happened).
They never took me to the station. They dropped the blood sample off at the station and took me home. I had to pick my car up the next morning.
This is my first offense and I was cooperative, but I'm a little scared about the whole marijuana thing. It definitely wouldn't be enough to prove I was high while driving but I'm afraid that won't matter. If I test positive for that on top of my .083 BAC what am I facing? I'm so frustrated. Only .003 over the legal limit. I'm awaiting the blood test results and a summons in the mail. What kind of sentence am I looking at for pleading guilty? I'm thinking about getting an attorney as well. Any advice is appreciated...