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People ask all the time: “How do you get out of a DUI?” They expect a shortcut. They expect a magic line to say to the officer. They expect a loophole. But the truth is simple—you don’t get out of a DUI without doing the legal work. A Mississippi DUI charge is built on layers: the reason for the stop, the officer’s observations, field sobriety testing, body-cam footage, statements you made, and whether the officer followed every required step. If even one layer is weak, inconsistent, or unconsti