Summer holds inherent risks of danger for outdoor drinking because the sun increases the effects of alcohol. Heavy drinking combined with excessive sun exposure causes fluid loss, fatigue, dehydration, exhaustion, severe sunburn, alcohol poisoning, and impaired driving charges. Other potential injuries and criminal charges occur as a result of excessive…
Arizona drivers currently found guilty of DUI charges are required to install and use an ignition interlock device (IID). It doesn’t matter that their DUI did not involve alcohol. It doesn’t’ matter that they never used alcohol a day in their lives. Requiring a person convicted of a drug DUI…
In the recent ruling the Arizona Supreme Court considered a Fourth Amendment issue and Arizona’s implied consent law in DUI case. The cases centered around two primary issues. The first was whether or not consent to a warrantless search to conduct DUI breath and blood tests were voluntary, after suspect…
If you are arrested for a DUI, you have a right to request an attorney’s assistance right away. But how much time are you given to find an attorney before you are given a Breathalyzer? In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, the defendant was convicted of aggravated DUI, for…
If you are placed on probation for a drug crime in Arizona, you have a reduced expectation of privacy than you had before. This means that, depending on the probation conditions, the privacy protections you thought you had under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution related to search…
Your Guide to understanding the DUI blood test with medical treatment warrant exception. A DUI blood test taken by Police for investigating impairment is considered a search and seizure, protected by our 4th Amendment rights. This means that to obtain DUI blood or chemical evidence police would need either consent;…
In a tragic turn of events, Phoenix police reported that a 14-year-old boy, driving a mid-size sedan, allegedly under the influence, sped through a red light signal and crashed into an SUV. The SUV was carrying three people, a man, his girlfriend and his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter. The toddler was thrown…
Approximately 37 million people visit Arizona each year, and 16 million of those visit the Phoenix Metro area. Whether they are here to vacation, attend school or sporting events, or to see the attractions our State has to offer, many will be driving. Unfortunately, some will be arrested for…
“DUI arrests for “probable cause” doesn’t mandate that the police officer show a driver was actually under the influence, only that it is probable that he was”.A police officer need only have a reasonable suspicion that you have violated a traffic law (like the speed limit) or engaged in criminal…
How to avoid additional charges, and make sure your DUI stop does not turn deadly Recently a Mesa AZ police officer approached a vehicle and asked the driver if he had any weapons. The driver responded, affirmatively that he did in fact, have weapons in the vehicle. At that point…