How to Beat a DUI Book

Glossary of DUI Terms     ix
Foreword     xix
DUI Laws     1
Chapter Overview     1
DUI Impairment Laws     1
Driver vs. Driving     1
Per Se Laws     2
Breath, Blood or Urine as a Chemical Test     3
Time of Driving vs. Time of Test     3
Enhancements     4
Drugged Driving Laws     5
Impairment     5
Per Se     5
Boating Under the Influence     6
Flying Under the Influence     7
DUI Stop and Arrest Procedures     9
Chapter Overview     9
Driving Behaviors that Attract Attention     9
Problems Maintaining Proper Lane Position     11
Speed and Braking Problems     12
Vigilance Problems     12
Judgment Problems     13
Detecting Impaired Motorcyclists     15
Roadblocks     17
Safe Harbor Laws     18
DUI on Private Property     19
The DUI Traffic Stop     20
What to Expect and What to Do     20
Field Sobriety Testing     25
What are Field Sobriety Tests?     25
Standardized Field Sobriety Test Battery     38
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)     38
Walk-and-Turn     41
One Leg Stand     44
Commonly Used Non-Standardized/Validated Field Sobriety Tests     46
Vertical Gaze Nystagmus (VGN)     47
Romberg Modified     47
Finger-to-Nose     48
Finger Count     48
Chemical Testing     49
Chapter Overview     49
Breath Testing Basics     49
Evidential Breath Testing     49
Infrared Light Absorption     50
Basic Operation of an Infrared Breath Tester     51
Breath Testing: Methods of Attack     52
Preliminary Breath Testing     58
Safeguards     58
Blood Testing Basics     59
Who May Draw Blood?     59
The Forensic Blood Kit     59
Site cleansing     60
The blood draw     61
Tube inversion     61
Chain of custody and proper specimen handling     62
Laboratory Preparation of the Blood Sample     62
Headspace Gas Chromatography     63
Should I Have My Blood Re-tested or Have My Own Test Done?      67
Independent test versus referee sample     67
Independent Testing     67
Referee Sample     67
Driver License Issues     69
Chapter Overview     69
Implied Consent Laws     69
The Implied Consent Form     71
Order of Suspension: Notice     71
Recantation of Refusal     71
Right to Attorney Prior to Taking Chemical Test     71
Time Computations     71
Reinstatement     72
SR-22 Insurance     72
Minors     72
Out-of-State Licensees     72
Driver License Compact     73
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs     77
Chapter Overview     77
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs While Impaired     77
Driving with an Illegal Drug in Your System     77
Driving with a Metabolite in Your System     78
The Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE)     78
Drug Evaluation Classification Program (DECP)     78
The Three-Step DRE Process     79
The 12-Step DRE Protocol     81
Deconstruction and Analysis of the 12-Step DRE Protocol     84
Nationwide DRE Laws     86
The Court Process     89
Chapter Overview     89
How Should I Act?     89
How Should I Dress?     90
Initial Appearance     91
Pretrial Motions     91
Procedural Motions     91
Substantive Motions     92
Motions in Limine     101
Pretrial Hearings     101
Trial     102
Sentencing     105
Mitigation     105
Substance Abuse Counseling     105
Home-Monitoring     106
Secure Continuous Real-time Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM)     107
Ignition Interlock Devices     107
Letters to the Judge     107
Plea Bargains     108
Guilty vs. No Contest     109
Waiver of Rights     109
Collateral Consequences     110
Exposure of Prior Offenses     110
Immigration Consequences     110
Appeals     111
Expungement     111
Blood Alcohol Calculations     113
Chapter Overview     113
Determining the One-Drink Potential     113
Elimination and Retrograde Extrapolation     114
White's Retrograde Extrapolation     115
Choosing an Attorney     117
Chapter Overview     117
Should I Represent Myself?     117
Resources-How Do I Find a DUI Attorney?     118
Attorney Interview     119
Attorney-Client Relationship     119
Fees     120
Checklist of Issues to Discuss With Your Attorney     122
The Traffic Stop     122
Facts of the Investigation and Arrest     122
The Police Officer(s)     124
Physical Health and Status at the Time of the Traffic Stop     124
Medications     125
Witnesses     126
Passengers     126
Drivers License Status     126
Prior Criminal History     126
Collateral Issues     126
Costs of the Representation     127
Index     129