19-Year-Old Sentenced in Fatal Henderson DUI Case
On Tuesday, a 19-year old former Nevada National Guard private who had pleaded guilty to fatal drunk driving was sentenced to six to twenty-four years in prison. The accident occurred back in February in Henderson when she was driving with a BAC of more than three times the legal limit and crashed into a car, killing the two senior citizens inside. The judge didn't give her the maximum sentence of twenty years for each fatality because she accepted responsibility.
When someone gets arrested for allegedly causing a fatal DUI accident, the officer can order the driver to submit to a blood test as well as a breath test. If the driver refuses to take it, Nevada DUI blood test law permits the officer to use reasonable force to obtain the blood sample. Unlike breathalyzer tests, it can take several weeks for blood test results to come back.
Nevada DUI blood test law outlines strict rules and procedures the officer and lab technicians must follow in order for the blood draw to be reliable. Usually two vials of blood are drawn so there's enough for the driver to have some of it independently tested. Nevada DUI blood test law requires that the sample be tested four times and that they must be within 5% of each other.
Read more about this story at: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/08/woman-gets-24-years-double-fatal-dui-crash/
