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The Law Office Of Kathryn Roberts

My main office is located in Allentown (Lehigh County). The focus of my legal practice is almost exclusively on criminal defense, and legal issues related to criminal defense, including Immigration, Children & Youth matters, and Protection from Abuse (PFA). I am a solo practitioner and when you call me, you wonu2019t have to go through multiple people to get to talk to me.

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The Law Office Of Kathryn Roberts

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  1. THE LAW OFFICE OF KATHRYN ROBERTS W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  2. DEFENSES IN DUI CASES An experienced criminal defense attorney knows there are numerous defenses available in a DUI case. W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  3. WERE THE MACHINES USED BY POLICE TO TEST YOUR BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL PROPERLY CALIBRATED AND MAINTAINED? Sometimes people charged with a DUI think that those machines are foolproof—they aren’t. Machines break and malfunction. DUI machines rely on humans to keep them maintained properly (just like we have to do regular maintenance to our cars) and the machines only give accurate results if the person using them has followed instructions properly in running them (in the same way that a car can have problems if being operated by a person who doesn’t drive correctly). W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  4. WHEN WAS YOUR BLOOD DRAWN AND IS THAT AN ACCURATE NUMBER? The timing of the testing by the police lab is important because it’s possible that the blood-alcohol level determined by the police lab is higher than it was when you were driving (because your level was rising over time) and that you were actually under the legal limit when you drove. W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  5. WHAT WAS THE REASON GIVEN BY POLICE THAT THEY STOPPED YOUR VEHICLE AND WAS IT A PROPER STOP AND DETAINING OF YOU UNDER THE LAW? An experienced criminal defense attorney will always be examining for whether the police overstepped the boundaries of what they are allowed to do, and if the attorney believes this has happened in a case, he or she will usually file a motion to suppress evidence. This results in a hearing well before any trial later, and if the judge agrees with the defense argument, then the evidence can be suppressed, which means the prosecutor may not use it in a trial against you. This can result in a dismissal of the charges if there is no other evidence against you in the case. W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  6. DID THE POLICE CONDUCT FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS ON YOU AND WAS IT DONE FAIRLY? In my experience, what police are not well-trained in is determining whether there are other factors that may make a person do poorly on these tests. For example, a person who has never been arrested before and has been stopped by police, especially at night, may exhibit extreme signs of nervousness, which can affect the person’s ability to perform the tests and also influence the officer to mistakenly believe the person is under the influence (or think the person is more intoxicated than he or she is). W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

  7. THANK YOU If you get a DUI in Lehigh or Northampton County, then call me and I will try to walk you through it. My office is in downtown Allentown right next to the courthouse. W W W . A L L E N T O W N C R I M I N A L L A W . C O M

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