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Utah DUI Fatalities are the highest in the Country

Utah had the biggest increase of alcohol-related deaths in 2006 and the UHP doesn’t like that. The UHP blames it on misleading statistics. Imagine that, the statistics are misleading. "But before there is a public outcry, Utah Highway Patrol trooper Preston Raban said Utahns should know the statistics are a bit misleading." Consider the following:…

August 24, 2007
Intoxilzyer–can the way you breath affect the result?

The Courts in Florida are recognizing the fact that the breath test machines are not as accurate as everyone wants you to believe. In fact, the way you breath, or how long you breath into the machine, can determine a high or a low test. The machine only requires 1.1 liter of breath to qualify…

August 22, 2007
Intoxilyzer Breath Guesser Manufacturer is in Contempt

On August 12, 2007, I wrote a little bit about the Source Code that the manufacturer is refusing to let anyone see. A Defendant has a right to see and challenge the evidence against him or her. This issue is being heavily litigated in Florida. Apparently, CMI Inc., the manufacturer, said we are…

August 15, 2007
Intoxilyzer Source Code

Many times, clients ask me how the intoxilyzer determines their blood alcohol content. I try to explain the mechanics of it, the theory of it, and the science of it. The problem is that the manufacturer of the machine, CMI Inc., will not release the source code of the software in the machine. For all we know, the…

August 12, 2007
Utah’s Breath Test Guesser

In Utah, it is illegal to drive when your blood/breath alcohol content is over a .08%. To determine how much alcohol is in your breath, the government uses three methods: a breath machine, a blood sample, or a urine sample. The most common method to test for alcohol in a person’s system is using the breath machine. Utah…

August 11, 2007
Utah DUI Lawyer–What to Look For in an Attorney?

People often ask me what to look for when hiring a lawyer to defend their DUI. Generally speaking, there are six things that a person should see in a lawyer. Look for a specialist, someone who focuses on your type of case, and someone who has experienced and is trained in this area of the law. It has…

August 3, 2007
Driving under the influence of Drugs, or was it just a Medical Condition?

Do we really believe in the presumption of innocence? When we drive down the street and see a citizen pulled over by a police car, don’t we say to ourselves "I wonder what he did?" Are we not prone to presume someone guilty before innocent? In many of my cases, it feels like the case…

July 26, 2007
Washington State DUI Lawyer, Andrea King Robertson

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July 23, 2007
Metabolite Utah DUI–“But I’m not impaired!”

In Utah, a citizen can be charged with DUI without being impaired and without being over a .08 blood/breath alcohol level. It’s called driving with any measurable amount of a controlled substance in the body. In fact, the controlled substance does not even have to be found in your body, it can be a metabolite of the…

July 17, 2007
DUI Utah–Pleading to an Alcohol Related Reckless Driving

I was stopped by an attorney the other day that told me the Department of Public Safety (DMV) took action on his client’s driver’s license when he plead guilty to an Alcohol Related Reckless (ARR) Driving charge. This perplexed me because I watched the laws closely this last legislative session and did not see any law…

July 10, 2007