turdferguson
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Mississippi
Well, on December 4th, i had been out with some friends from about 5:30 til 9:30. Had about 3 or 4 beers. So I'm almost home when an officer is coming toward me. After she saw that my headlight was out, she immediately turned around and pulled me over. After writing a ticket for equipment failure, she noticed that my breath smelled of alcohol and asked me to blow into a pbt. I refused so she made me get out and take a field sobriety test. She said I mainly failed because of my eyes. I did have two different surgeries on my eyes when i was a baby (i am 22 now) but I still have some affects like my left eye tends to wonder. I'm curious as to if this could cause faulty results from a field sobriety test.
I'm also wondering what i may possibly be facing. Every website says that i may face 48 hours jail time, yet most say that jail time can be substituted.
My court date is on the 9th of january 2009. I've been trying to find a lawyer for the past couple weeks but the holidays have made it rather difficult.
and as it says in the title, this is my first offense. I have never had any type of problem or been into any other type of trouble. This was just one of those things that could have been avoided but wasn't due to my own negligence.
Well, on December 4th, i had been out with some friends from about 5:30 til 9:30. Had about 3 or 4 beers. So I'm almost home when an officer is coming toward me. After she saw that my headlight was out, she immediately turned around and pulled me over. After writing a ticket for equipment failure, she noticed that my breath smelled of alcohol and asked me to blow into a pbt. I refused so she made me get out and take a field sobriety test. She said I mainly failed because of my eyes. I did have two different surgeries on my eyes when i was a baby (i am 22 now) but I still have some affects like my left eye tends to wonder. I'm curious as to if this could cause faulty results from a field sobriety test.
I'm also wondering what i may possibly be facing. Every website says that i may face 48 hours jail time, yet most say that jail time can be substituted.
My court date is on the 9th of january 2009. I've been trying to find a lawyer for the past couple weeks but the holidays have made it rather difficult.
and as it says in the title, this is my first offense. I have never had any type of problem or been into any other type of trouble. This was just one of those things that could have been avoided but wasn't due to my own negligence.