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North Haven DUI Lawyers

1. Williams, Walsh & O'Connor: urgent and long-term needs: * Keep or restore your driver's license * Get out of jail or stay out of jail * Fight for reduction of charges * Prevent future complications of a criminal record Keys to a successful DWI/DUI defense after your drunk driving arrest may include the following: * Challenge to the traffic stop: Did law enforcement have probable cause to stop you and evaluate you for intoxication? * Challenge to the Breathalyzer results: Was the machine that was used to test your breath properly maintained and calibrated? * Challenge to the appropriateness of field sobriety tests: Was intoxication the only reasonable explanation for your inability to walk a straight line in the dark with a flashlight shining in your eyes?
2. Duby, Christopher: A few weeks after you have been arrested for DWI/DUI in Connecticut, you will receive a driver's license suspension notice from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Unless you act promptly to request a hearing, your driver's license will be automatically suspended. Connecticut DUI/DWI Jail Sentences Connecticut has a graduated sentencing system where each subsequent drunk driving conviction is punished more severely, as shown below: Number of DWI/DUI Offenses Length of Jail Sentence First offense. One-year suspended sentence after you serve 48 hours in jail or perform 100 hours of community service. Second offense. Two-year suspended sentence after you serve 120 days in jail. You go to jail for at least 120 days. Third offense. Three-year suspended sentence after you serve one year in jail. You go to jail for at least one year. Driving a motor vehicle after driver's license suspension for an alcohol-related offense. One year in jail, 30 days of which cannot be suspended. You go to jail for at least 30 days unless the judge finds "mitigating circumstances." A suspended sentence is jail time that you are not required to serve if you stay out of trouble. However, that sentence will be hanging over you. If you are arrested again, you could be sent to jail to serve the length of your suspended sentence and any additional time that may result if you are convicted of the new offense. Can I Go To Trial For My DWI/DUI Arrest? Yes. I tell clients that you go to trial on cases when that is the only chance you have at getting the result you deserve. If the State cannot prove that you were operating a motor vehicle on a public highway with an elevated blood alcohol content, yet they will not dismiss the case, you may have to go to trial. Trials are stressful, expensive and emotional. It is difficult to hear a police officer testify about what he or she said you did the night of the arrest when you disagree. It is hard to have jurors look at you after something critical of you comes up. Waiting while a jury deliberates is a slow form of torture. So you can go to trial. But only if you demand a trial after knowing all of the details. Do I Have To Go To Trial? No. As with any legal case, how to resolve it is entirely up to you. My job is to make sure you understand the details of your case and the consequences of any particular decision. A dismissal, nolle or plea means no trial. Getting these results varies from case to case. Regardless, the decision is entirely yours.
3. Giulietti and Morytko: If you have been charged a with drunk driving and are facing a license suspension, an experienced DUI lawyer that is up to date on Connecticuts DUI laws, can make the difference between maintaining your freedom and ability to drive or jail time, fines and a revoked license. Although a DUI, formerly called a DWI, is a relatively common criminal offense, it carries uncommonly harsh penalties and consequences.