Erosion of Rights for DUI Defendants is Dangerous Precedent for American Judicial System

In his outstanding DUI Blog, California DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor describes the danger of the continued erosion of rights for DUI defendants with respect to the overall American criminal justice system.

"A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has been consistent in depriving the accused in DUI cases their constitutional rights.

So...we have seen a steady flow of appellate decisions at all levels taking away the constitutional rights of those accused of DUI. Again, so what?

Again, precedent: What happens today to a citizen accused of DUI can happen tommorrow to a person accused of any other offense. If police can set up roadblocks to check everyone for intoxication, they can set them up to search for drugs (which, incidentally, has already happened). If a citizen accused of DUI has no right to a jury of his peers, then the precedent exists to deny the right to citizens accused of any other crime."

To read Taylor's entire post, click here.