How to Keep Your License after a DUI Citation

Even though a simple decision to refrain from drivingdefense can be built.
when intoxicated can keep you out of DUIFor example, there are four kinds of evidence that
entanglements, a lot of people find themselvesprosecutors usually bring to the fore in DUI cases and
wishing they knew more about DUI laws when theya lawyer can combat each type of evidence. The
are pulled over and arrested for drinking and driving.four categories of evidence are physical appearance,
Being arrested doesn't necessarily mean you have todriving behavior, the alcohol content in your body and
be convicted of the crime though. After all, in ouryour performance on sobriety tests. A DUI lawyer
justice system, every person is innocent until provenmay point out that fatigue, allergies, or exposure to
guilty. Unfortunately, you usually only have a couplesmoke were the factors that created your
days after your citation to appeal for a court hearing.red-rimmed watery eyes instead of alcohol. Or he
If that grace period passed without an appeal, nomight argue that you swerved a little on the road
amount of complaining will get you a trial date orbecause you were dodging an animal in the road or
prevent your license from being suspended.fiddling with the radio. He may even contend with the
If you do appeal for a hearing in time, the next stepresults of a breath or blood test by pointing to
is to locate an experienced DUI lawyer. You will wantequipment and human inaccuracies that could have
a lawyer on your side not only because they areskewed the results.
more familiar with litigation than the average personNo matter which method you lawyer chooses to
on the street, but also because they should knowbuild your defense, he will be a useful resource in a
DUI laws inside out. And, since those laws can beU.S. court. When you are looking for a good DUI
confusing and different from state to state, that willlawyer, you should remember that DUI laws are
be a valuable asset.called by several different names across the country.
A DUI lawyer will also know the best ways to createConsequently, a DWI, OUI, and an OWI lawyer is the
reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors. No mattersame thing as a DUI lawyer. They just go by
what kind of evidence is brought against you, a gooddifferent names.
lawyer should be able to find areas where your