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If I refuse to take a California DUI blood or breath test, is the consequence a 12 to 24 month drivers license suspension?

April 26, 2017blood breath California consequence driver DUI month refuse Test

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If I refuse to take a California DUI blood or breath test, is the consequence a 12 to 24 month drivers license suspension?

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Yes. There are potential, major California DUI effects: 1. Your driver’s license could be suspended for a period of twelve to twenty-four months. (This may be true even if you are found not guilty of the California DUI charge.) 2. The fact of refusal to submit to a California DUI blood or breath test can be introduced as “consciousness of guilt” in your California DUI court case. 3. Your California DUI lawyer then must offer other reasons for the purported refusal. 4. Even though you refuse, the California DUI officer may perform a forced blood draw and use those California DUI blood test results against you. Your California DUI attorney then must defend both: a) the refusal and b) the blood test results.