What happens when (not if) the officer believes that I have not performed the field sobriety tests satisfactorily?
At that point you will be told that you are under arrest for driving under the influence. You will be handcuffed, physically searched for weapons, placed in the back of the officer’s car and taken to a jail for an evidential breath test. At the jail you will be booked and held there until you post bail or until a judge releases you on your own recognizance without bail. Ohio law is quite explicit in regard to a person’s right to communicate with an attorney upon being arrested. “After the arrest, detention, or any other taking into custody of a person, with or without warrant, such person shall be permitted forthwith facilities to communicate with an attorney at law of his choice who is entitled to practice in the courts of this state, or to communicate with any other person of his choice for the purpose of obtaining counsel. Such communication may be made by a reasonable number of telephone calls or in any other reasonable manner. Such person shall have the right to be visited immedia
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