Defending Allegations of Refusing to Take a Blood or Breathalyzer Test

Utah Law states that if you drive a vehicle within the state, you have given implied consent to submit to a chemical test including a breath sample, blood sample, oral fluid sample, or urine test to determine the alcohol level or intoxicants within your system if requested by a law enforcement officer.  Suppose an officer pulls […]

Defending Driving with Measurable Controlled Substance Charges – Save your License

A person can be charged with Driving with Measurable Controlled Substance if they are operating a motor vehicle while having any measurable, illegally consumed controlled substance in the body.  Even a metabolite of a controlled substance (for example – Carboxy-THC, which is the leftover non-impairing chemical created when a person smokes marijuana), if measured in the body, […]

Understanding the NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs)

If an officer suspects that you might be driving under the influence of alcohol, they will administer a series of physical tests called the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests or “SFST.”  Depending on how you perform these tests, the police officer may arrest you for DUI.  If you go to trial, the state prosecutor will play […]

Alcohol Level: Utah’s .05 DUI Level is Lowest in the Nation!

We know Utah has a pioneering background, and they are living up this reputation by being the first state in the nation to lower the DUI BAC level to 0.05%.  This is 0.03% below the national alcohol level legal limit. Critics have argued that passing such a law will not actually improve impaired driving or […]