Walk It Through: The Reception And The Breath Test
An Oregon stop after a wedding, from implied consent to an opened bottle and a license already suspended.
Driving home from a wedding reception, a driver is stopped and arrested for driving under the influence. At the station the officer asks for a breath test.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop after one reception. Whether the stop and the arrest were lawful, the suspension hearing, diversion, and the crime of driving while suspended under the amended section are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.