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The State of Missouri defines crime of Driving while intoxicated in the following way:

577.010. Driving while intoxicated

1. A person commits the crime of "driving while intoxicated" if he operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged condition.

2. Driving while intoxicated is for the first offense, a class B misdemeanor. No person convicted of or pleading guilty to the offense of driving while intoxicated shall be granted a suspended imposition of sentence for such offense, unless such person shall be placed on probation for a minimum of two years.

Missouri defines the crime of Excessive BAC as:

577.012. Driving with excessive blood alcohol content

1. A person commits the crime of "driving with excessive blood alcohol content" if such person operates a motor vehicle in this state with eight-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood.

2. As used in this section, percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood or two hundred ten liters of breath and may be shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood, breath, saliva or urine. For the purposes of determining the alcoholic content of a person's blood under this section, the test shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 577.020 to 577.041.

3. For the first offense, driving with excessive blood alcohol content is a class B misdemeanor.

So what does this mean to you?

In the State of Missouri the prosecutor is required to prove all the elements of these crimes beyond a reasonable doubt in order for you to be found guilty of these crimes. The burden is not on you to prove your innocence but on the prosecutor to prove your guilt.

DWI Law is extremely complex and a good Missouri DWI attorney must not only know all the nuance in the law in order to provide you the best defense possible but also be an accomplished trial attorney and have access to the right experts in the field to provide you with the best defense possible. Our law firm can provide our clients with those resources.

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