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1. West, Steven: If you are stopped by the police at any time, be sure to follow these simple guidelines: * Always stop for a police officer. Pull off as soon as possible in a well-lit location where both you and the officer can safely exit the roadway. * Be respectful, but don't make any statements. Have your license, insurance and registration ready when the officer gets to your door. Tell the officer your name, but don't answer any other questions. Talking can result in testimony of slurred speech, etc. Remember, no matter how nice the officer is, he is not your friend. He is gathering evidence against you at all times while he is with you. * Be cooperative but do not submit to any field sobriety tests. If you have not been arrested, you are not required by law to submit to a preliminary breath test, a walk and turn test, the eye test (called HGN), the one leg stand test, or any other field sobriety test. Upon arrest, however, you will be required to take either a breath or blood test. * If you are arrested, ask to call an attorney. If the officer asks you any questions, do not answer. Keep asserting that you want an attorney, even if you are arrested at night or on a weekend when one might not be available. * Once you are placed under arrest, take the breath or blood test. There is no reason to lose your license for a year. Do not chat with any officer; a simple yes or no is sufficient.
2. Medina, Carlos: DUI & Traffic Offenses are violations of the transportation laws and carry severe fines and/or imprisonment. DUI & Traffic Offenses include the following: AGGRESSIVE DRIVING DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVERŐS LICENSE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) EXCESSIVE SPEED FAILURE TO OBEY SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT RECKLESS DRIVING UNLAWFUL FLIGHT NOTE: Some offenses may be classified as both a felony & misdemeanor.
3. Moran, Patrick: If you are charged with drunk driving in the state of Arizona, you face serious penalties, including suspension and revocation of your driving privileges. Arizona DUI laws are among the toughest in the country, putting your future at stake. The advice of an experienced DUI attorney can go a long way in defending against these charges, potentially saving you money, avoiding the loss of driving privileges and possibly avoiding jail sentences.
4. Charnesky & Dieglio: Basic DUI. The statute prohibits driving (or being in physical control) while your ability to drive is impaired, even to the slightest degree. Note, the State need not have an actual breath or blood test result to prove up this charge. The statute only requires the State prove: 1) driving or physical control; 2) alcohol or drug intoxication; and 3) driving ability impaired to the slightest degree by alcohol or drugs. Prosecutors typically attempt to prove "impairment" through police officer observations of "voluntary" field agility tests as well as other observations of possible signs and symptoms of alcohol consumption (such as blood shot eyes, sway, slurred speech, and driving behavior). A common tactic officers use to trick individuals into performing these "voluntary" physical agility tests is to tell suspects they want to see if they "are O.K. to drive." While factually correct, the explanation belies the fact that the officers, the vast majority of the time, have already decided the suspect is impaired. In such cases, the officer is not conducting the tests with the expectation the suspect may actually pass them. The officer is merely gathering evidence to be used against the suspect at trial. To be sure, officers use a rigid set of guidelines to grade performance which they purposefully do not communicate to suspects. DUI suspects are asked to perform the tests without knowledge of what the officers are actually looking for. Not surprisingly, under these circumstances, completely sober individuals have been known to thoroughly fail the tests.
5. Sherick Law Office: How long does a DUI conviction stay on my MVD record? On my criminal record? A DUI conviction will remain on your driving record for 5 years. The conviction will remain on your criminal record permanently and may be used to enhance the punishment for a subsequent DUI for 5 years. The conviction may be set aside and the complaint dismissed after all the terms of the sentence have been served.
6. Resnick Law Firm: If you are charged with drunk driving (DUI), in addition to fines and jail time you are facing loss of your driver's license. Once your license is suspended, you only have 15 days to request a hearing to challenge the suspension.
7. Hochuli & Benavidez: Hiring a criminal defense attorney is different from hiring any other kind of attorney. The individual needing to hire a criminal defense attorney is someone facing criminal charges, often for the first time. That individual is often either in jail, or has been recently released from jail. In all criminal cases, that individual is facing the prospect of either jail or prison time. It is quite common for an individual facing criminal prosecution for the first time to be extraordinarily frightened.
8. Reyna Law Firm: If you are arrested and charged with a DUI offense under Arizona drunk driving laws, you have important legal and constitutional rights that must be immediately protected.  It is vitally important that you receive legal advice and representation as quickly as possible.
9. Michael Bloom: For most individuals, a prosecution for DUI represents the single most serious encounter they will ever have with the criminal justice system. DUI prosecutions, alone, result in more jury trials in Arizona than all other criminal prosecutions combined. In Arizona, the consequences from a DUI conviction increase astronomically if the individual has prior convictions. Even for the first offense, however, the individual is required to serve ten days in jail, nine of which can be suspended. If the first offense is an "extreme" DUI (any DUI in which the suspect has a blood alcohol content in excess of .15), the individual must serve at least ten days in jail. A second (non-extreme) offense within five years carries a minimum penalty of 30 days in jail. A second "extreme" DUI now requires a minimum sentence of 60 days in jail. Third offenses, or any DUI while the individual has a suspended or revoked license, are prosecuted as felonies, resulting in mandatory imprisonment. In any DUI prosecution, the suspect faces suspension and/or revocation of his driving privilege, fines, and mandatory probation. The consequences do not stop, however, merely at incarceration and loss of driving privilege. For most citizens, any conviction for DUI ,even for a first defense, can seriously interfere with, or even destroy, their career. Despite the drastic consequences, these cases are prosecuted out of the Stone Age. In addition to the "government science," these cases involve the use of "standardized field sobriety tests" (SFST). Despite the fancy sounding name, these tests have no neurological basis and no scientific validity whatsoever. They are now augmented with fancy names like "horizontal gaze nystagmus" (HGN), voodoo science that has the potential to sound impressive to juries that are uninformed.
10. Jeffrey Siirtola: For those taking breath tests at the request of police, independant blood testing arrangements can be made, through Mr. Siirtola. Contact the office in Sierra Vista at (520) 452-0197 between the hours of 9am - 5pm Monday thru Friday. On weekends or after regular business hours, Mr. Siirtola can be paged directly at: 459-9592 [7days/24 hours]. An independant test, arranged within 2 hours of a police test , will sometimes yield lower BAC test results.