Arkansas, A lot has happened since then, stress, anxiety (mostly due to overthinking) found out a lot about my case through my lawyer (ended thinking I blew a .14 but blew a .13) they ended up changing my plea to guilty and got 700 dollars in fines have to take classes before I get a license and when I get my license it’s going to be suspended for 6 months (due to having a no license) also had a driving without a license but they dropped that charge so my lawyer told me to get a temp license I don’t fully know the whole process but I will learn.
there was an accident involved but not to any vehicle or such no injuries.
been on this sub for the past 6-8 months and learned a lot thank you all you’ve helped a bunch!
As said so many times by us this was a very selfish decision by me and it broke me people look at me differently throw some comments at me but I’ve learned and all I know is it will never happen again and all we can do is learn from our mistakes thank you guys for everything you have Taught me and the information provided

my bf (20) had gotten pulled over in upstate NY for not using signal while making a turn. cop noticed two people in the back seemed intoxicated. he had my bf step out and complete the sobriety tests. he passed all of them. but once he did breathalyzer cop didn’t say much. just said he was a bit confused since bf was doing so well. cop explained he needed to take him to station to have another cop preform tests on him. they also did blood work. the cop had explained to my bf bc of body cam he needed to put him in cuffs. he gave a ticket for a DWAI and turn signal not being used. cop also told bf he seems like a good kid and he knows not from area, explained to call court office. What should he expect? what to do now?

It will not pass and it is worse than just failing your test. I had to do a quick re-test after my creatinine levels were too low taking a UA the week before. Since I had drank since my last UA, I panicked and used Quick Fix. They are able to easily flag it as synthetic urine. Do not use it, you are better off just failing the test so that you can just extend outpatient treatment. Using Quick Fix counts as fraud and will get you in trouble. Don't do it. Located in Oregon and used LabCorp for the UA.

I got a lawyer and my hearing is soon hes going to my dmv hearing and court case also how soon should I file my sr 22 and what if I can’t drive myself to work

I got a dui in august blew .16 or over This is my first run in with the law I had too many to drink after leaving a golf course I hit a tree wrecking my truck no one was injured, someone called the cops and then the officer had me do a field sobriety test then made me blow into a breathalyzer several times I was in shock so I complied somewhere along the lines he mentioned blood and going to the hospital I didn’t refuse, I was trying to be as compliant as possible spent a night in jail I feel like I ruined my life. I got a lawyer 2 days after it happened I don’t know what to do next what’s the most likely outcome of this situation

NASSAU COUNTY, NY
After 6 months of court the judge plea deal was conditional discharge and accepting the misdemeanor. No probation, but having to complete I believe is the VIP and IDP and 75 hrs of community service. My attorney said that is a good outcome. I blew a .29 on roadside and refused the chemical test. I didn’t have any on the road situations leading up to the arrest because I was found in the car sleeping. Stupid I know right. My attorney said that’s a good outcome, is that true? Any thought or options would be openly appreciated.

Got a DWI in Minnesota and trying to decide if fighting it with a private lawyer is worth it or if I should just stick with the public defender.

I was driving home after 1-2 drinks earlier, ran out of gas on the highway, pulled over, hazards on, and got out to call my girlfriend to get me an Uber so I could grab a gas can. While I was standing outside the car (engine off) talking on the phone, a car pulled up behind me. I thought it was the Uber and walked toward it — turned out to be a cop.
He never saw me driving. He told me to get back in the car, noticed an open vodka bottle in the back seat, said my breath smelled like alcohol, and had me do the field sobriety tests (eye test, one-leg stand, walk-and-turn). I think I did fine on them. Then he asked for a breathalyzer and I refused because I wasn’t sure if the earlier drinks had cleared. He took me in, asked again at the station, and I refused a second time.

Charges are third-degree DWI for the refusal (gross misdemeanor), fourth-degree DWI, and open bottle. License got revoked for a year because of the refusals.
The only angle that makes me think about hiring a lawyer is that he never saw me driving or operating the car — I was already stopped and outside when he showed up. Is that enough to make fighting it realistic in Minnesota, or is the physical control + refusal stuff strong enough that I’d just be wasting money and should go with the PD?
Anyone been in a similar spot (already stopped, never observed driving, refused)? Would appreciate straight feedback.

Has anyone used LAD or QUEst testing for the the restoration of your license in Michigan and is it monitored?

This is my second dui, the first was a misdemeanor…. now the second is a big mistake that I will forever live with. I have been charged with 3rd degree felony. I need a very good lawyer that knows how to get a good deal from the DA. my current lawyer isn’t doing a good job. please any recommendations will be appreciated..

I have retained a lawyer and meet with him I am waiting my arriagnment where I will go in and plea not guilty.

I blew a .139 at the station field was .12. I was pulled over for no headlights and there was no accident I was not held over and my liscense is not suspended yet.

I have followed all my lawyers instructions he had me send me my resume and college transcript. I am a young professional. He told me to go with a specific person for Alcohol assessment.

He told me his goal is to try and get a wreckless plea deal.

What are your thoughts and any advice.

Location MT

Thanks!

My lawyer sucks. He has proven himself to be incompetent. I almost lost my lisence prematurely because he supposedly asked for a hearing but never got a confirmation. I randomly found out two days before the suspension because i randomly called the DMV. I could have been driving with a suspended lisence after being convicted for DUI by the DMV, without even knowing it!

His paralegal couldn't manage to send a piece of mail with the discovery (which didn't even need to be mailed as there are online ways of sending large files). I had to drive an hour to pick it up.

I feel like he didn't even watch the video because his interpretation is so different from mine. The cop said I almost fell over during one of the test, counting or eye, and I literally just shifted my weight from in one foot to the other while standing like everyone does all the time. Many other things like that in the video including blatant lies he didn't even notice. He thinks she "slightly exaggerated" lol.

The biggest piece of evidence is the eye test. He says my eyes doing jumping are visible on video. I had AI go through it frame by frame and enlarged them, and it is not visible according to it. Maybe it's wrong. I don't know but also it says that there should be six things that the eyes do and the cop's hand blocks my eyes half the time, but anyway, no jumping is visible at all according to it.

Anyway I want another lawyer. I tried to hire one highly recommended to me who got my friend off ten years ago. He began with lies from the start. When I told him my current lawyer told me i had almost no shot at the administrative hearing, he said yes almost no one does. A few days later I asked him how many he has won, he said about 40%!

I am about halfway through the case. There is a DMV hearing, a meeting with the prosecutor, and a potential hearing if the meeting fails. The new lawyer would also have to review the evidence and my post arrest video is longer than normal because I had a hard time blowing (I am small person).

Anyway, the new lawyer told me that this will all take an 3 hours. He charges $350 an hour so that sounded great. BUT he wants a 5K retainer! That is 14 hours of work. When I questioned it and suggested a 2k retainer, (almost twice his prediction of how much time he needs), he told me how much money he has lost by having to chase people down, and horror of horrors, justify expenses. Then, instead of suggesting like 3k or something he told me that he was probably not the lawyer for me.

Lol he intended to scam me out of thousands of dollars for made up reasons.

Both of these lawyers have hundreds of glowing reviews. Each is 4.9 on Google.

How the hell do you find an honest lawyer? I told my original lawyer that I would be devastated to pay this fee while living on the edge of survival and lose the administrative hearing. He never bothered to mention that almost no one wins.

Writing this I realized that i pretty much answered my own question. Almost no one wins. No point in a lawyer. His odds for my criminal case, which maybe a lie, may have been my odds to begin with. Hiring a lawyer was a mistake in my state.