{"id":312,"date":"2018-06-11T12:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=312"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:12:53","slug":"toxicology-questions-in-florida-dui-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/toxicology-questions-in-florida-dui-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxicology Questions in Florida DUI Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent fatal DUI accident in North Florida is an unfortunate reminder of the risks that come with getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. The <a href=\"https:\/\/edca.1dca.org\/DCADocs\/2016\/3793\/163793_1284_06132018_10003695_i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal conviction<\/a> of a driver involved in the accident also shines a light on some of the legal issues related to proving impairment in cases in which a driver is allegedly under the influence of drugs. That\u2019s because the science of toxicology hasn\u2019t advanced to the point where experts can definitively say that a person was legally impaired at the time of a crash.Defendant was charged with driving under the influence causing death, driving under the influence causing serious personal injury and driving under the influence causing property damage, stemming from an accident in which a 13-year-old child was killed. On the day in question, Defendant was fresh off of a stint in county jail. He allegedly was involved in two accidents. First, Defendant allegedly sped off after hitting a vehicle. The driver of that vehicle chased after Defendant to get his license plate number. During the chase, Defendant purportedly ran a stop sign, hit a guardrail and then slammed into another car. The child was killed in the second collision.<\/p>\n<p>Blood tests showed that Defendant was under the influence of amphetamine and methamphetamine at the time of the crash. Prosecutors at trial called a University of Florida College of Medicine toxicology professor as an expert witness. They wanted the professor to weigh in on whether Defendant was actually impaired at the time of the collision. Defendant\u2019s attorney objected, however, arguing that the professor didn\u2019t qualify as an expert. Specifically, the lawyer argued that the professor wouldn\u2019t be able to determine based on the amount of the drugs in Defendant\u2019s system and the circumstances of the accident whether Defendant was impaired.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/toxicology-questions-in-florida-dui-cases\/#more-312\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent fatal DUI accident in North Florida is an unfortunate reminder of the risks that come with getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. The criminal conviction of a driver involved in the accident also shines a light on some of the legal issues related to proving impairment in cases in which a driver is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toxicology Questions in Florida DUI Cases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how toxicology reports are used in Florida DUI cases and how defense lawyers may attack blood and drug test results.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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