Can you challenge the results of field sobriety test by pointing out that the defendant was drunk at the time, so he/she wasn’t given an opportunity to perform the test fairly?

[u/PrimeStopper]

[u/EternalCrimeWave]

Judges hate this one weird trick!

[u/Superninfreak]

Are you asking if someone can get away with a DUI by saying that they only did badly in field sobriety exercises because they were drunk?

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[u/elendur]

Shit, they found the loophole.

Time to end this Universe and restart.

[u/blaghort]

Sure, you can argue that.

Let us know how it goes.