Uijeongbu Criminal Attorney Assistance | Daeryun Uijeongbu Criminal Attorney Protects the Livelihood of a Public Official Charged With Drunk Driving

The circumstances under which the public official client sought the help of the Uijeongbu criminal attorney are as follows.

After work, the client enjoyed dinner with a drink at a restaurant in downtown Uijeongbu, returned home around 9 p.m., and went to sleep at 10 p.m.

Having drunk only one bottle of soju and gotten enough sleep, the client felt no hangover at all, woke up at 7 a.m. the next morning, and was on his way to work.

However, during a roadside sobriety check on his way to work, a reading of 0.05%, the level for license suspension, was recorded, and he was booked on a charge of drunk driving.

■Road Traffic Act, Article 44 (Prohibition of Driving While Intoxicated)

① No person shall drive a motor vehicle, a tram, or a bicycle while intoxicated.
④ Under Paragraph 1, the standard for the intoxicated state in which driving is prohibited is a driver's blood alcohol concentration of 0.03 percent or higher.

The Uijeongbu criminal attorney submitted as evidence the written statements of witnesses that the client had drunk only one bottle of soju until 9 p.m. on the day before the breath test and had returned home.

The attorney also argued that the client's usual capacity was more than two bottles of soju, so it was difficult to feel a hangover from drinking one bottle.

The Uijeongbu criminal attorney emphasized that the client had been asleep for nine hours, from 10 p.m. until 7 a.m. the following day.

Through close consultation with the client in the Uijeongbu criminal case, the Uijeongbu criminal attorney found that the client had doubts about the breathalyzer.

At the time of the sobriety check, the client looked at the device and noticed that the date shown on the screen was the date of the day before the incident, which raised the question of whether there was a problem with the breathalyzer itself.

He then raised an objection with the police officer, but the officer only answered that there was no problem and gave no satisfactory explanation, the client explained.

The Uijeongbu criminal attorney immediately conducted an examination of the breathalyzer, and as a result, the officer who conducted the check also acknowledged that the breathalyzer had an error.

On this basis, the Uijeongbu criminal attorney emphasized that ‘the 0.05% reading recorded for the client may have been a reading measured for another person.’

Even for a first-time drunk driving offense, the criminal punishment is heavier for a public official, and a sentence such as imprisonment may result in dismissal from the position, so receiving the assistance of a criminal attorney is recommended.

In addition, even for a first-time drunk driving offense, a suspended sentence may be imposed where the blood alcohol concentration is high or a serious drunk driving accident occurs, so a sound early response is needed.

The Daeryun Drunk Driving and Traffic Accident Response Group provides strategies tailored to each client to defend against punishment.

If you need help with a public official's drunk driving matter, please reach out to the Daeryun Uijeongbu criminal attorney.

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