Legal Question in DUI Law in Virginia

Drunk in Public

If arrested on charges of drunk in public but never mirandized can the charges be beat due to not having rights read?


Asked on 11/07/08, 1:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Drunk in Public

No, the Commonwealth will undoubtedly have other methods of proving that the defendant was in fact drunk in public other than relying on any slurred and incoherent incriminating statements that he may have made during the period while he was being held in "unmirandized" custody.

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Answered on 11/07/08, 9:55 pm


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