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Alexandria DUI Lawyers

• Stover, Wayne: When you face DUI or criminal charges, do you want to be a statistic, or do you want your case handled by an experienced attorney, who has built his career recognizing and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a case from both sides of the courtroom.
• Carter & Kramer:

  Driving While Intoxicated (D.W.I.) and Driving Under The Influence (D.U.I) are the same offences in Virginia. Other states have multiple offences but not Virginia. We have one statute and the familiar terms D.W.I. / D.U.I are used interchangeably.

  This area of law is very complicated. Different judges in Northern Virginia, even Judges in the same courthouse can't always agree on what the law permits and prohibits. Every case is different and there is rarely any certainty as to the eventual outcome of a particular case.

• Matthew Wartel: Generally speaking legal issues are to be determined by the trial court and factual issues are to be determined by a jury or judge if no jury is present.
• Brian Moran: A defendant in a criminal prosecution has the right to an impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In order to determine whether potential jurors are impartial, the defendant has a right to question the jurors about their qualifications and background. Such questioning of the jurors is called voir dire. Voir dire is also conducted in order to determine whether the jurors should be accepted or should be challenged by the prosecution or by the defense.
• Frank Salvato: If a driver's BAC is at or above a set limit in a state, he will be deemed "per se intoxicated" and no additional proof of impairment is needed to convict him of DUI. "Per se" BAC levels range from .08% in most states to .10% in others. However, a driver can still be arrested and convicted for DUI without a determination of "per se intoxication," if the driver shows other evidence of impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published 20 signs to assist officers in detecting drunk drivers, including wide turning radius, weaving, speed more than 10 miles below the legal limit, following too closely and braking erratically.