November 17, 2008
- The importance of attorney-client communication
In my DUI Law Blog I recently posted a summary of a new Arizona Court of Appeals DUI Case. (…)
September 26, 2008
- New Arizona Extreme DUI Penalties Effective 9.26.08
The new set of Arizona DUI Laws went into effect today. While there are some other minor changes, the one that warrants your immediate attention is the consequences for an extreme DUI.
September 25, 2008
- Farting During DUI Arrest Gets Man Charged With Battery
During a routine DUI arrest, police charged a suspect with battery after he allegedly farted at the police station.
As a DUI lawyer, I talk with police officers nearly every day. (…)
September 16, 2008
- Dirty Scottsdale Blogger's DUI Shows Character
I'm impressed with Hooman Karamian (reportedly the infamous Nik Richie), who posted not only his own mugshot, but also his police report on his website, thedirty.com. (…)
September 15, 2008
- Maricopa County Jail Lawsuit
A federal judge is set to rule this month on a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Jails, including tent city. (…)
September 14, 2008
- New Arizona DUI Laws Effective 9/26/08
ARIZONA DUI NEWSFLASH:
If you are arrested on or after 9/26/08 and your alcohol level is .150 or higher (but under .20), the law will mandate 30 days in jail which can not be suspended. (…)
September 13, 2008
- Arizona DUI Law: Tucson Judge Orders Source Code Revealed
Thanks to the work of outstanding Tucson DUI Lawyer James Nesci, a Tucson Judge has ordered CMI, the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer 8000 to reveal the source code which informs every breath test given in Arizona.
August 22, 2008
- Tent City Arizona
The most famous county jail in the country just get a little less mysterious. (…)
May 26, 2008
- Record Memorial Day Weekend Arizona DUI Taskforce Numbers
I just saw a report on the Phoenix evening news that aproximately 850 DUI arrests were made this weekend. (…)
January 18, 2008
- New Arizona DUI Law Proposed - A Bad Day to be a Judge in AZ
Here it is folks… the next shot fired by the Arizona Senate
in their continuing war on DUI. (…)
January 17, 2008
- Results of this week's AZ DUI Law Poll
We asked:
Would you be okay with it being absolutely illegal to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after having any alcohol to drink. (…) - Results of this week's AZ DUI Law Poll
We asked:
Would you be okay with it being absolutely illegal to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after having any alcohol to drink. (…)
January 14, 2008
- Right to indpendent blood test illusory in Arizona
More and more enducated DUI clients are coming into my office. (…)
January 2, 2008
- Scottsdale DUI Arrest Numbers: Good article
This article quoted below about Scottsdale DUI squad shifts over the holiday season does a good job answering some of the questions I have posed in previous posts about the reports of Arizona DUI task-force numbers. (…)
- Phoenix traffic fatalities down from 2006, but DUI numbers up
new AZ DUI laws,dui statistics,intoxilyzer
I couldn't help but notice the apparant disconnect between the task-force numbers in the previous entry and the statistice in the quoted article below. (…)
- Arizona DUI Task-force: "Final" numbers?
These numbers show that the tough new DUI laws in Arizona are not acting as a deterrent. How will they respond? (…)
January 1, 2008
- Arizona DUI Taskforce: Police may give up "home Court" and other advantages
If you were one of the over 2000 people arrested for driving under the influence by the Arizona DUI taskforce, you might have an advantage over those who were arrested by a normal patrol. (…)
- Arizona DUI Taskforce: Police may give up "home Court" and other advantages
If you were one of the over 2000 people arrested for driving under the influence by the Arizona DUI taskforce, you might have an advantage over those who were arrested by a normal patrol. (…)
December 31, 2007
- 2007 Arizona DUI Taskforce Numbers
arizona dui taskforce
It is being reported by azcentral.com that the Arizona DUI taskforce arrested
8,971 so far this year (as of last Friday) which is a 19% increase over 2006. (…)
October 24, 2007
- New Arizona DUI Law sets "superextreme" limit
As of September 19, 2007, Arizona now has a new classification of DUI law, the superextreme DUI. The threshold alcohol level for a superextreme DUI is a .20. (…)
