Lets face it, nearly everyone who is arrested for DUI probably drank alcohol
and drove. The government had made it increasing difficult for you to win
the DUI case by making administrative and criminal proceedings for the same
case. If you are guilty, or lose your revocation hearing, insurance rates
will skyrocket if they find out about the case. That's why you will want
an experienced DUI attorney to find the many potential technical
problems in a DUI case. Mr. Burge has represented well over a thousand
people accused of driving while intoxicated and he knows what to look for to win your
case. Winning a DUI takes a
little luck and a lot of experience to take advantage of defenses that pop up
along the way.
Driving Under the Influence
of Alcohol, or drugs, is a very common crime. In fact, it is the one crime
where everyday law abiding people can find themselves handcuffed and taken to
jail. It is heavily
enforced due to close scrutiny by groups such as Mothers Against Drunk
Driving. This crime also effects the most average, everyday
citizens in a dramatic way. Since the required blood alcohol content (BAC) is so low (.08)
in Hawaii, it is easy to get arrested if you have as little as two beers, and
drive. The prosecutors don't even have to have a BAC test to convict a person for
DUI. An officer's description of someone's driving and condition can be
enough without anything more.
The police have trained several officers as drug recognition experts to try
to find people who are driving under the influence of drugs. Based on
their observations and opinion, you can be arrested for this violation as well.
You would then be given the choice to take a test to determine drugs in your
system.
If you refuse to take any tests, the drivers license suspension or revocation
is stiffer.
Despite the fact that the government has tried
to stack the odds against you, people do win their DUI cases all the time.
That is because witnesses often don't show up, or the police don't properly
follow their procedures, or there is sometimes not enough evidence available to
sustain a conviction. The only guarantee is that, if your case is
sustained at the ADLRO, and you do not contest
your case, you will lose your license for at least one year.
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