{"id":623,"date":"2015-12-23T05:07:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2015-12-23T05:07:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:07:15","slug":"breath-test-consent-spanish-speaking-motorist-charged-oui-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/breath-test-consent-spanish-speaking-motorist-charged-oui-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Breath Test consent for Spanish speaking motorist charged with OUI in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide whether evidence of an unsuccessful attempt to take a breath test was properly\u00a0admitted into evidence, given the language barrier between the defendant andarresting officer.\u00a0A non-English speaking woman is arrested for DUI and fails to pass the Breathalyzer \u2013 but is the language barrier a valid defense?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>What happened in the case<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">A Spanish speaking woman is brought to a police station in Massachusetts after being pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/breath-test-consent-spanish-speaking-motorist-charged-oui-massachusetts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Breath Test consent for Spanish speaking motorist charged with OUI in Massachusetts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide whether evidence of an unsuccessful attempt to take a breath test was properly\u00a0admitted into evidence, given the language barrier between the defendant andarresting officer.\u00a0A non-English speaking woman is arrested for DUI and fails to pass the Breathalyzer \u2013 but is the language barrier a valid defense? \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breathalyzer-testing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breath Test consent for Spanish speaking motorist charged with OUI in Massachusetts &#8212; 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