Month: June 2007

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  • If you are arrested for DUI, one of the first things you have to deal with is your license. Normally, an officer will take your Utah driver’s license and issue you a citation. That citation will tell most people that the citation acts as a driver’s license for 29 days. In small print at the bottom of that…

  • A Preliminary Breath Tester (often referred to as a PBT) is a small handheld breath tester that an officer will administer on the street when investigating a citizen for DUI. In Utah, most Courts will not allow the result of a PBT into evidence and will not allow the jury to hear evidence about a PBT. However,…

  • Sometimes people are under the assumption that if an officer asks me to do something, they must do it. This scenario frequently happens when an officer requests a citizen to perform roadside field sobriety tests. “Do I have to do these tests?” The quick and easy answer to this is absolutely not. Many times an officer will pull a…

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  •        I am often asked, “should I take the intoxilyzer test.” There is no easy yes or no answer to this question. If you take the test, you are providing evidence to the government that is difficult to dispute. If you don’t take the test, you are looking at a possible 18 months suspension (or more if…

  • Here is a story that was in the Standard Examiner regarding issues of violating probation and driving while your license was suspended.  This was published June 13, 2007. What if Paris were in Utah? Local attorneys talk about how DUI sentences compare BY JESSE FRUHWIRTH Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau jfruhwirth@standard.net FARMINGTON — While nationwide pundits decide…

  • Utah has one of the most stringent alcohol limits in the country.  Not long ago, the alcohol breath/blood limit was .10.  Pressure from sources that advocate against drinking caused most, if not all, states to reduce the limit to a .08.  Just a couple of years ago, Utah legislators wrote in certain criteria where a…

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