Category: DUI

Intervening Causation Defense in Vehicular Assault and Homicide Cases

Apr 5
2014

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Categories: Criminal Defense | DUI | Felonies | Traffic Violations

A DUI case can easily become something much more serious if there is a serious injury or even a death involved. In those cases, a DUI charge is elevated to a charge of Vehicular Assault or Vehicular Homicide.

 

Any time a DUI or DUID is elevated to a charge of Vehicular Assault or Vehicular Homicide, the legal standard that applies is one of strict liability. What that means is

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Disclosing a Prior DUI in a Pending DUI Case

Mar 27
2014

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Categories: DUI | Traffic Violations

I have a prior DUI in another state. Do I need to disclose this to the court or to the prosecutor?

The answer, as with many legal questions, is that “it depends”.

Having a prior DUI can greatly impact the outcome of your pending driving under the influence case. A case in which you may not see a day in jail can easily become one in which a jail sentence

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CDL and DUI

Mar 26
2014

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Categories: Criminal Defense | Defense Lawyer | DUI | DWI | Traffic Violations

Even a relatively minor DUI case can have serious and far-reaching consequences for any driver holding a CDL (Commercial Driver’s License).  If you lose your DMV hearing, you face the loss of your CDL for one year.  Even if you win the DMV hearing, you face the loss of your CDL should you be convicted of drunk driving in court.  For purposes of suspending your commercial driving privileges, it does
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Victory for Those Wrongly Charged with a DUI in Montana

Feb 19
2014

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Categories: DUI

No one disputes the fact that driving under the influence is a dangerous and irresponsible behavior that deserves punishment and needs to be stopped. More than a million people are arrested for this crime annually, but that’s only an incredibly tiny fraction of the number of people who say they’ve driven drunk each year, and innocents are still dying.

 

In fact, 82 percent of all fatal crashes in the

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Denver Police Stepping Up Enforcement for Super Bowl

Feb 2
2014

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Categories: Defense Lawyer | DUI | Traffic Violations

Given that the Broncos will be competing in the Super Bowl, the Denver Police Department is prepared for the worst case scenario – and that scenario is likely to materialize whether the team wins, as most who live in Colorado hope (and expect) they will, or loses.

 

The downtown area of Denver will be particularly scrutinized both during and following the game; expect a visible presence of law enforcement

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