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Category Archives: Criminal Defense Attorney Tips of the Week
DUI Attorney Tip of the Week: Do Not Be a Pinocchio
Here are tips about what works and does not work: What does not work: When you wake up, you are shocked to discover your car windows bashed in. When the police show up, you tell them that you heard the glass breaking at 5:42 in the morning and saw your neighbor running back into his… Read More »
DUI Attorney Tip of the Week: Do Not Cheat on Your Ignition Interlock Device
Here are tips about what does and doesn’t work in our legal system and why. What doesn’t work: Giving your sober buddy ten bucks to wear a Darth Vader mask and blow into your ignition interlock device (IID) and then try to hold your breath until you make it to the nearest bar. First, you… Read More »
What to Do When Charged with a DUI
What Doesn’t Work: You see the lights flash and hear the siren. As the source of the lights dawns on you, you pull over, trying to get yourself together. And why are those lights so bright? A knock on the window, an unsteady exit from the car, and you hear yourself speaking some angry words… Read More »
Paying a High Price for Getting High: Criminal Defense Attorney Tip of the Week
What Does Not Work: Claiming that the excruciating pain from your inoperable cancer can only be helped by smoking a little marijuana — “This is medical marijuana, man — and if I lose my drivers license, how will I will I get to my chemo appointments? I probably do not have that long to live,… Read More »
Utah DUI Tests: DUI Attorney Tip of the Week
What Does Not Work: Performing the “Nine Step Walk and Turn” test on tip-toe, with several twirls thrown in, while singing ”Fiddler on the Roof” songs in your best falsetto voice as proof that you were not driving under the influence of anything stronger than show tunes. What Works: If a law enforcement officer pulls… Read More »
