Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Re: Diabetic/dwi

Diabetes is a medical condition where the body cannot assimilate properly. The sugar in your system turns to alcohol, the same type of alcohol that you would injest from a beer or other alcoholic beverage. There is no way to separate out the alcohol caused by a diabetic reaction from any alcohol that you would have taken.

We have physicians and pharmacists who can testify to that.

The burden would then be on the Prosecutor to try to convince the jury otherwise. They have never used an expert on their own.

It is a proven defense, and one which we have found to be a successful one.

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Re: Diabetic/dwi

Overall, your BAC controls a lot in cases ushc as these... for example what offer the DA's office would be willing to offer you...

It is very true that your illness may have some serious effects on yoru ability to metabolize alcohol, due to diabetes... however, the DA's office will not look at this as a factor, and only focus on your BAC.

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