• chakan2@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There’s a low chance of that working…but it’s not zero with the right legal team.

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        With the right legal team you can kick the police in the balls and piss on their car and get away with it.

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      I know I’ve read of at least one successful case where the person fled the scene and went home, then claimed he was drinking at home. Honestly, though, there’s so many things that factor into whether an individual gets arrested or released that we’d need more examples to differentiate between just letting someone go and This One Simple Trick Judges Hate.

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      With a half competent lawyer it could.

      It’s up to the police to show you were driving while intoxicated. You have witnesses corroborating that you were drinking after the accident. Any field sobriety, or blood test they give you would be worthless because it would be after that.

      I’m sure someone has tried this before somewhere.

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      “I wasn’t drinking and driving, officer. And I’ll prove it by drinking out of this open container!”.