DUI
WHO SHOULD YOU CALL WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED HEAVILY AGAINST YOU, WHEN YOU ARE CHARGED WITH DUI OR ASSOICIATED CRIMES SUCH AS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
The effects and punishments for a dui and dui metabolite have increased with the passage of each year and legislative session until they can now significantly impact anyone's future and career.A second offense (and that includes a Reckless Driving Alcohol Related as a first or second offense) or a first offense with a blood alcohol level of .16 or higher, mandates formal probation, an ignition interlock device for the term of that probation, jail time, substatial fines, extensive counseling, and formal probation. There are circumstances where a judge can waive some of these requirements, but only when they are stated for the record and only when they are stipulated to by prosecution and defense. A third offense within ten years can and almost always will be enhanced to felony status, which carries with it incarceration in the state prison for 0-5 years and up to a $5,000 fine.
The DUI statute refers not only to the use of alcohol and illegal drugs, but also to legal and prescribed pharmaceutical drugs where they have affected the ability to drive safely. Under the separate, but closely related, statute of DUI Metabolite you can be found guilty if you have in your system any illegal or legal drugs. It is a defense to this particular statute if you have a legal prescription for the medication, but a legal prescription is not a defense to a DUI where it has impaired your ability to safely operate a vehicle. This statute continues to increase the pressure on the legal system, as well as innocent citizens.
Once you have been charged with a DUI the prosecuting authority aligns all of its considerable power and forces against you. Can you afford an attempt to trek through the maze which the legislature has created in this area without protection from an experienced guide? A DUI is clearly a tough and complex offense that can not only harm you immediately, but damage your long term reputation and employment possibilities. Because of this you need the best defense for a tough offense.
With all of the potential consequences of a DUI conviction, including possible loss of license up to 24 months, a "Not a Drop Alcohol Restricted License" for up to a lifetime, jail or prison time, insurance increases, formal probation, and an Ignition Interlock Device, you can't afford not to know what you're doing when it comes to being charged with a DUI. Kelly has focused his practice on DUI defense since 1987 and has seen the Utah State Legislature continue to increase penalties and stigmatize the DUI laws even further each year. By focusing his work, ideas, and creativity in this area for the past 20 plus years, he has achieved positive solutions to nearly all of the problems caused by DUI arrests.
There are often good defenses to what may otherwise look like tough cases. You will never know of these defenses unless you have someone with the experience and the work ethic to find and reveal them to the court of tryer of the fact.
Considering all of this, if it were me, I'd have to call me... Kelly Cardon.