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Utah DUI–Appealing the Driver’s License Suspension
After the informal administrative driver’s license hearing is held and the DMV mails out notice that the citizen’s driver’s license will be suspended, there are a couple of procedures that need to be followed in appealing the DMV’s decision. The following is an outline of the process and procedures that I follow to file an appeal. I…
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Utah DUI Hidden Penalties that your Attorney May Not Tell You About
When a person is convicted of a DUI, generally, a Court will sentence a person. The Court will address punishments, conditions of probation, and treatments. For example, for a first time offense, a person normally and generally receives as sentence a fine of $1332, a Prime for Life alcohol treatment program, 48 hours community service…
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Utah DUI Driver’s License Hearings by Telephone
Jamie Spencer from Austin Texas wrote about ALR hearings and discussed the issue of whether your attorney should do the hearing live in person or by telephone. For a Utah DUI driver’s license suspension hearing, we have the option of showing up in person or by telephone. However, the Utah Driver’s License Division has recently negated in…
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Utah DUI–Saving Your Driver’s License
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…
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Preliminary Breath Test (PBT)
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,…
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Field Sobriety Tests, Should I do them?
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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