Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Precautions you need for hiring a DUI Attorney »
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- Driving under the influence (DUI) is the act of operating a vehicle after consuming alcohol or other drugs. drunk driving, operating under the influence, drinking and driving, impaired driving come under the shadow. It is a criminal offense in most countries.
Drivers under the age of twenty-one are subject to being charged under (DUI) of alcohol. If the driver is under eighteen years of age, a DUI charge will require a parent or guardian to accompany all court appearances. Possible penalties include community service, alcohol-awareness training, and a suspended driver’s license.
DUI laws vary among different countries and states, so hire a lawyer that has expertise with the laws of the state where you were arrested. You have to do some research Before hiring any lawyer. Internet and Newsletters are good places to look for a lawyer but remember that the DUI lawyer with the biggest ad is not necessarily the best lawyer for you to hire.
You want a lawyer with DUI expertise, experience and with reasonable rates. face-to-face meetings with lawyers are also resource to find your required Attorney. You’ll want to hire someone you feel comfortable working with.
When you meet any lawyer, ask him or her some questions. How many cases he/she handled previously. His/Her charges and costs besides attorney fees. And then a final flag should be triggered “Let The Buyer Be Ware”.
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Negative impacts of Hiring a Cheap DUI Attorney »
DUI (Driving Under the Influence) is a serious offense and if you have been charged with a DUI or driving drunk you could be fined heavily or even jailed. because due to this crime, you put your life and many others` life in danger. So by putting you behind the bars or charging you fine, Law wants you to be careful next time. if you are convicted under DUI crime your first priority is getting out of there. To do this, you want a Lawyer.
A DUI attorney helps you to avoid conviction. If you want a cheap attorney, you are getting your freedom in trouble. If you search a little more, you will understand the market rate. and some one is quoting low price then possibly he or she is inexperience or have bad track record with him/her.
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DUI cops charged Huntington City Attorney With DUI »
It has been reported by two Two television stations — WSAZ and WOWK—that, according to Huntington Police, Scott McClure was charged and and accused of DUI on Thursday morning.
Scott McClure is a City Attorney.
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Study Suggests Gender Specific DUI Road Tests »
Although there have been many jokes about women trying to flirt with police officers to get out of tickets but now, there maybe some concrete evidence to prove that woman are more at a loss when it comes to the standard DUI laws than ever before.
The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, a DUI attorney in Los Angeles area and nationally known author of the book Drunk Driving Defense, has provided an article, which shows a study conducted in Italy.
According to the study, there is a component in the female’s bio-chemical make-up which could make women more prone to fail a DUI road test. The study may prove that woman may be unfairly arrested for DUI in some cases and should be given more gender specific tests.
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Kane Co. prosecutor considers ending DUI stings »
Kane County State’s Attorney John Barsanti has said that due to lack of cooperation from police he might abandon an aggressive DUI campaign.
On Tuesday, Barsanti said that recently two municipal police departments have turned him down, who have previously expressed interest in conducting "No Refusal" crackdowns in their jurisdictions. The objection that has been raised by the agencies, which Barsanti would not name, was that they thought it was a controversial subject.
It has been said by Barsanti that it’s a kind of surprising to him. He thought that they would have more support from the law enforcement communities.
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“Xeroxed” DUI Symptoms »
As it is known by any experienced DUI attorney that many police officers in their written DUI reports and in their testimony are considerably less than honest. One of the practices where this is most readily apparent is the use of what I have referred to as "Xeroxed Symptoms". This is the tendency to "observe" exactly the same "symptoms" in every person that are arrested by the officer for driving under the influence of alcohol.
For instance, with Officer Jones, the suspect when getting his driver’s license fumbles with his wallet, leans against the car for getting support, and word "R" is missed by him in the alphabet recitation, in every case. On the other hand, officer Smith,it looks like that he has to only encounter those citizens who are weaving on the highway, admit to having three martinis, and lose their balance on the third step back, in the walk-and-turn test. If this has been done by the criminal defendant, we would call it "signature" evidence. But when it is done by a DUI officer, we call it "coincidence".
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DUI Cases Tossed Over Paperwork Questions »
Dozens of Polk County drivers that have been charged with DUI got a break after that the questions arose over the handling of their cases.
More than 120 arrests for DUI has been made by Deputy Tex Thomas since he started with the sheriff’s office last year. However, inside of a courtroom will not be seen by nearly half of those cases.
It has been said by state attorney Jerry Hill that because of procedural and paperwork issues he won’t prosecute those cases. Hill further said that Thomas has copied and pasted parts of paperwork from one report to another.
Notice have been taken by the Defense attorneys.
Hill said that this is very bad law enforcement and it is absolutely a shame. In law enforcement there is no room for shortcuts.
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The National College for DUI Defense »
Until a few years ago, those attorneys who attempt to defend a client who is having against drunk driving charges were general practitioners. These attorneys had little, if any, understanding of the nature of the offense. They were not familiar with such methods of DUI investigation such as as field sobriety tests, and seminars on how to defend these clients were almost completely lacking.
The most important thing was that, defense lawyers doesn’t know anything about the complexities of blood alcohol analysis, whether of blood, breath or urine. They don’t know the answers to the following questions that how does the Breathalyzer work? What does infrared analysis referred to? What is Gas chromatography? How is the metabolism of alcohol takes place in the human body? What is the "Widmark’s formula"? what is Hematocrit? What is "retrograde extrapolation" and how does it work? What are those physiological variables that can occur between individuals? What are those medical conditions that can effect a breath reading and how? What could happen if in case blood samples ferment or coagulate?
There is an involvement of knowledge of such highly technical fields as physiology, organic chemistry, physics, biophysics, electrical engineering in the chemical analysis of blood, breath or urine but these are the subjects that are far beyond the experience and training of lawyers.
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Drunk Driving and Double Jeopardy »
Whenever a police officer arrest a person for DUI, he takes away his driver’s license and he give him a notice of "administrative suspension". He also gives him a citation to appear in court in order to face criminal drunk driving charges.
Usually these are two very different procedures:
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the administrative suspension that is held for driving with blood-alcohol of .08%, in most states this is administered by its department of motor vehicles, and
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the criminal prosecution for the two separate offenses of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and driving with .08%, and this takes place in the courts.
Explaining this in other words, even though the person who is convicted drove only once, but he is being prosecuted for two different crimes: DUI and driving with a .08% BAC. The possibility is that he can even be convicted of both offenses (although he can only be punished for one). How is that possible?
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The Fact: Field Sobriety Tests are Designed for Failure »
The police officers commonly use roadside field sobriety tests ("FSTs") in DUI investigations in order to determine whether a driver is under the influence of alcohol. Typically, these tests consist of a battery of 3-5 excercises, such as walk-and turn, one-leg stand, "nystagmus" ("follow the pencil with your eyes"), finger-to-nose, alphabet recitation, "Rohmberg" (eyes-closed-position-of-attention), etc. It may be subjectively decided by the officer that whether the individual "failed", or the officer may decide it after applying recent federal "standardized" scoring.
These DUI tests possess an aura of scientific credibility. Unluckily, despite of all the facts, these tests have no real basis in science and they are almost useless in a drunk driving case.
First, as it is known by any traffic officer or DUI attorney that the decision to arrest is made at the driver’s window; the FSTs that are given are supposedly to determine probable cause to arrest. These tests are actually taken for the purpose of gathering evidence.
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