BAC Certificate Comes In, Despite Arrest Delay Claim 
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Published: March 8, 2011
Tags: Judge James W. Haley Jr., Traffic Offenses, Virginia Court of Appeals
A defendant who alleges he was not arrested within three hours of driving under the influence because the officer did not perform “any physical act” of arrest, loses his challenge to admission of the certificate of analysis under Virginia’s implied consent law; the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction for DUI, second offense within five ...
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