Driving Under the Influence and Telephone Calls

“Rhode Island Supreme Court decides that even though an arrested person suspected of DUI or confronted with the decision whether to take a breathalyzer test or refuse is entitled to a confidential telephone call, he or she is only entitled to a confidential telephone call in order to speak with an attorney or to arrange for bail.  The police are allowed to hear the defendant talk on the phone as long as the nature of the call is not to speak with an attorney or arrange for bail.”

See the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s full opinion in State v. Quattrucci