Monthly Archives: June 2010

DUI Law Update: Arizona

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If you’re an Arizona resident, you may want to read this. This law is going to affect a lot of drivers and will make a difference in your DUI case.

On Monday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that blood tests cannot be used as evidence in a DUI trial if the suspect does not consent to a blood test.

Arizona has an “implied consent” law, which means that a driver will consent to BAC test, unless the driver says otherwise. If a driver does not consent to a blood test, he or she will still receive a license suspension no matter what.

The police must obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to require a suspect to be tested. If the suspected driver is unconscious, consent is presumed to be given and the police are allowed to draw blood.

What does this mean for you? If you are pulled over, you are allowed to refuse a blood test, knowing fully well that you will have your license suspended. If the officer has a warrant, you are not allowed to refuse a blood test.

Above all, as important as it is to know your rights, it is equally important to hire a lawyer to help you navigate the legal system.

[Source: Arizona Daily Sun]

Many CA Residents Continue to Drive During License Suspension

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In many DUI arrests, there are frequent cases of the driver operating a vehicle with a suspended license. We know that there are many repeat offenders, but in California the number of people who drive with a suspended license is quite immense.

According to the Ventura County Star, 180,000 Californians currently have their license suspended. An estimated 70,000 of those people continue to drive.

Why does this happen? Why do so many drivers believe they can slip through the cracks of the legal system?

According to California state law, driving on a suspended license is only a misdemeanor. Therefore, it takes a low priority in comparison to other crimes. Police do not do as many sweeps to monitor if people are driving illegally.

Above all, people (especially in California) need to drive to get to work and take care of other responsibilities. With California’s new ignition interlock law beginning its testing phase in July, we could see a decrease in those numbers. Time can only tell.

More Checkpoints for This Weekend

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Checkpoints Update

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I know a lot of you may be overwhelmed at the Heidi and Spencer break-up, but don’t let your emotions get the best of you to the point where you become irresponsible. Here’s a list of a few checkpoints happening this weekend.

- For those of you in Darien, Connecticut, the county is preparing for its first ever checkpoint. Here’s a recent post we have about ways to prevent getting pulled over.

Here’s a few more checkpoints:

- Sacramento, California
- Livingston and Buchanan Counties, Missouri
- Essex, Massachusetts

More to come soon!

College Students are Riskier Than We Think

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This week, BusinessWeek published very harrowing statistics about the drinking and driving behaviors amongst college students. The article summed up the conclusions of Amelia M. Arria and her colleagues that will soon be published in the August issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Here is a summary of some of their findings:

- One in five college students have admitted to driving while drunk.
- 40 % of college students have admitted to riding in a car with a drunk driver.
- Male students are more likely to drive drunk, but both sexes are likely to drive drunk to some extent.
- The tendency to drive drunk amongst college students increases right when students turn 21 – the minimum legal age to drink.
- Studies have shown that freshmen students tend to drink more than upperclassmen. Amongst underage students, half of them admitted that they drove after drinking and 20 percent drove while drunk.

What do you think can be done to decrease these numbers? Do you think lowering the drinking age will help?

Today's Notable DUIs

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- A naked man was arrested for DUI. Yes, naked people are not exempt from the law, either.

- A NJ man arrives drunk for his DUI court case. He pleads not [inaudible mumble].

- Finally, Sonja Morgan is not only the newest housewife on the Real Housewives of NYC, she is also the newest inductee into the DUI Hall of Fame. Here’s an exclusive video all about her case and how you can prevent this from happening to you:

Today's Notable DUI's

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With all of the checkpoints that took place this past Memorial Day Weekend, you need an outrageous DUI story to really get noticed by the media. Here’s who made the cut:

“Uh… no, officer. This isn’t my pot. It’s the kids’!” A DUI suspect was found with 30 grams of marijuana stuffed in the toy bag of her two nieces. I’m guessing she won’t be looking after those kids anytime soon…

DWI Dog Lover – A man found a stray dog and took him to a police station because he could not find the nearest animal shelter. Apparently, this man was drooling more than the dog and the police charged him with a DWI.

Man Fakes Heart Attack During His DUI Arrest Police took him to the hospital just in case. However, they should’ve known he was faking it when he asked to stop for tacos on the way to the hospital.