When you receive DUI charges, your DUI attorney could be the only person who will respect you and try to help you. An attorney that has experience in DUI cases, however, knows that often, police officers use faulty equipment and biased judgment when they charge you with the DUI. Such an attorney understands that in order to make such charges stick against you the state must prove beyond doubt that you were driving under the influence. Your DUI attorney can help cast such doubt, especially if you had only had one or two drinks before driving.

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Most states put DUI laws on their books to protect innocent people from harm by people who are too impaired to operate a motor vehicle. While it is important to protect innocent people from harm, no state should use DUI laws, combined with political correctness, to strip citizens of their rights to a fair trial after accused of a crime. Unfortunately, public outcry from organizations have caused courts to conduct witch-hunts rather than prosecutions of infractions of the law by fair and constitutional means.

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If a police officer accuses and arrests you for Driving under the Influence (DUI), you do not automatically have to take punishment from a court. You can fight the charges against you if you take the time to find an attorney that cares about your rights as an American. While you do not have the right to harm anyone, which is why we have drinking and driving laws, you do have the right to drive, even if you have had a small amount of alcohol to drink. If a police officer pulls you over for any reason and then gets it in his or her mind you are drunk, even if you have had only one drink, that officer can charge you with DUI, which is one of the times you should fight the charges.

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If an officer arrests you for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and you have never had to deal with the court system before, it can be a daunting experience for you. This frightening and demoralizing experience can undermine your confidence and make you feel too ashamed to do anything to help yourself out of the situation. However, you should know that the punishment for such an arrest is more serious than what is often appropriate to the infraction. The penalties for drunk driving include fines, jail time, suspension of driver’s license, and probation time. With such harsh DWI penalties, you need to find an attorney who knows how to fight the charges against you to keep these penalties from having such a far-reaching effect in your life.

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Getting a Florida DUI is probably the most serious charge that most Floridians will ever have to face. While the majority of Floridians will not receive a DUI, the ones who do are usually not hardened criminals. Because most recipients of DUI charges are naive about DUI laws and penalties, they do not understand how the courts will infringe on their constitutional rights if they do not have an attorney to advocate for them. An attorney can determine whether the evidence against you is truly worthy of your conviction and then fight to have your Florida DUI dismissed if it is not. Often, the arresting officers neglect to recognize an alleged perpetrator’s rights and fail to follow proper procedure during an arrest. This can lead to the unfair arrest of an innocent driver and an attorney can get your charges dropped if this happens.

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Under Florida DUI law, a Florida court can prove a drunk driving case in one of two ways. Either the court can prove that you were impaired to the point that you could not operate a vehicle properly or that you had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or higher at the time of your arrest. Police officers utilize field sobriety tests to determine if you are too impaired to be driving and breathalyzers to determine if your BAC is above .08. If you break the Florida DUI law, the penalties are harsh and far-reaching. Such penalties include six months of jail or rehab, $250-$500 in fines and a six-month to one-year driver’s license suspension.

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If an officer arrests you for Driving under the Influence (DUI) in the state of Florida, the first thing you should do is contact a Florida DUI lawyer. You probably will have no way of knowing how to navigate through the Florida system of drunken driving laws if you do not hire an attorney. An attorney can help you to retain your driver’s license during the interim between your arrest and your trial. An attorney also knows which important rules and laws police officers most often violate during arrests. For instance, a Florida DUI lawyer knows to check on whether the officer filmed the arrest and that if the officer failed to film the arrest the prosecutor will probably not pursue the charges against you.

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