Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Useful Tips For Super Bowl DUI Checkpoints »
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- Police had made plan across the country for DUI enforcement on most celebrated adult holiday of the year the Super Bowl Sunday. All states police are planning and announcing DUI checkpoints and putting extra police force on the road. Police officers will be looking for signs of impairment and they are given orders to pull over a vehicle for a minor traffic infraction. Violating signals, having expired driving tags on vehicle or reckless driving are all the major reasons that makes an officer to pull over a car this Sunday.
Some people will be looking for alternate routes to avoid the police checkpoints and it’s not illegal to take a different route. Police checkpoints are typically publicized. But that will not be good for you if you will abruptly change direction while in line of a checkpoint. If you will do so then you will invite police to pull you out from your vehicle.
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DUI Patrols Out Saturday »
The Napa Police Department will keep a close eye on some parts of the city searching for impaired drivers on Nov. 14.
The concentration will be on those areas of the city where driver are mostly arrested due to driving under the influence. Moreover, these will also include those are where large number of accidents have taken place because of this act.
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Long-term Effects of a DUI / DWI »
First of all, its important to understand what DUI and DWI stands for. DUI stands for driving under influence whereas DWI stands for driving while intoxicated. However, the literal meaning of both the terms is same. Being drunk while driving can lead to many unwanted incidents. You might get arrested or even face a serious accident.
DWI On Your Criminal Record
DUI / DWI related accidents are often was considered a criminal matter. It can affect your criminal record badly if you are declared guilty of a crime in a court of law. A criminal label is attached to your personality for your entire life. Moreover, it may also hinder your upcoming job opportunities.
How To Deal With Your DUI Criminal History?
There are ways through which you can permanently eliminate your criminal record but majority of the people are not informed about them in many countries.
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DUI and the Disappearing Right to a Jury Trial »
Ok, so it has been said by the cop that I looked bad on the field sobriety tests, but I know myself that I’m not guilty: I only had two drinks and I have got the witnesses. It doesn’t matter what the arresting police officer is saying, I can tell my side of the story to my fellow citizens and then let them decide. Right?
Well that is not necessary. This right to jury trial, had been handed down centuries ago from England’s Magna Carta, it was considered so fundamental to the framers of our Constitution that it had been included by them in the Bill of Rights? This is what we call Sixth Amendment. So it makes no exceptions to this sacred right to trial by a jury of peers.
So why is this happening that some states today are denying jury trial to a person who is accused of drunk driving? Why is that, for instance, an American citizen who has been arrested in New Jersey is forced to accept the decision of a politically-appointed judge? After all, on that subject the Sixth Amendment is pretty clear:
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed…”
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Man charged with DUI 4 times legal limit »
Deputies had arrested a man that found passed out in his vehicle. He was having a blood-alcohol level of more than four times then legal limit.
It has been reported by The Marion County Sheriff’s Office that authorities have been called upon by a gas station clerk Monday night and he told them about a man passed out in a vehicle. It has been found by a deputy that the man, who was later identified as Rafael Delgado Rivera, smelled like alcohol, he had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech was used by him.
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Common DUI Terms; What does all this mean? »
APS, or Administrative Per Se:
In California as with many other states, there are two separate cases that arise from a single drunk driving arrest: the court case, and the Administrative Per Se, or A.P.S. case, with the Department of Motor Vehicles. In cases where someone is arrested for DUI the DMV will take an “administrative action” against the driver. Note: The DMV only allows you Ten days to set a hearing: that is why it is so important to contact a lawyer right away.
Acetone:
an organic compound commonly found in the breath that can be improperly read as alcohol by the Intoxilyzer.
Absorption:
The taking of alcohol from outside the body into the bloodstream. Peak absorption refers to the highest level of blood alcohol seen before blood alcohol content (BAC) begins to diminish.
Arraignment:
The initial court proceeding, where someone arrested for DUI, or any related drinking and driving criminal charge is formally advised of the charges against them, and given an opportunity to enter a plea.
BAC:
Blood alcohol content.
BAL:
Breath alcohol level.
Burnoff:
The ability of the body to metabolize alcohol, and eliminate it from the system through the functioning of the vital organs. The rate of burnoff will vary from person to person, and even be different for the same person depending upon various factors. This is just one of the reasons that retrograde extrapolation is such a difficult task, and why the results are uncertain.
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