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"There Will Be A Positive Outcome": Assemblyman Róger Hernández

Trial for his DUI arrest starts next week. Hernández said toxicology reports will show that he was "under the legal limit."

State Assembly member Roger Hernández says that he is fully confident in a "positive outcome" to his trial for , which begins next week in a Contra Costa County court.

Hernández was inside the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in March, due to suspicion of DUI. , saying at the time that he had only consumed two or three glasses of wine.

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Hernández, who represents Baldwin Park in the State Assembly, said that he trusts the judicial system and that results from toxicology examinations, taken after will show that he was "under the legal limit."

This statement stands in contrast to information given by the after his arrest.

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"My defense is working with attorneys to evaluate the analysis. Remember that it was Concord Police who put out a press release suggesting that my [blood alcohol] level was above 0.08%," said Hernández.

"Bu they never showed that analysis and now it is in the hands of my defense, and I can say that I am very confident of the results and that they will show that I was not above the legal limit," Hernandez added. "Sooner or later there will be a positive outcome."

The trial against the assemblyman starts on August 7th in Contra Costa County, in Northern California.

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