DUI/DWI Defense

Few things may send your heart racing, like seeing the flashing lights of a police car in your rearview mirror. Your brain may race to try and determine what it is you did to raise the suspicion of the police. There are several circumstances where the police may pull...

Getting a DUI conviction can potentially cause big problems no matter whether or not the person involved has a prior history or not. This is especially true for college students, who may face more detriments due to a DUI than they expect. Hurdles to job paths The...

A New Jersey police officer pulls you over and has you blow into a device called a breathalyzer. According to the officer, the breathalyzer has registered a blood alcohol level that is above the legal limit. You might think the officer has irrefutable evidence that...

The last thing you want to see on your drive home is flashing lights behind you. As you pull over, you hope that the officer has something else to attend to, but instead, they pull in behind your vehicle. As the conversation moves forward, you know the officer is...

When it comes to a charge of drinking and driving in New Jersey, possible jail time, community service and fines are only part of what you could face. You could also lose your driver's license for months (or years) if convicted. The suspension is automatic, even for a...

If an officer suspects you of driving while under the influence, they have a battery of tests they may use to prove or disprove their suspicions. Breath analysis tests rank among the most common, as they measure the alcohol content level in your blood through aerosol...

There are differing points of view with respect to the field sobriety tests a law enforcement officer might request if he or she stops you on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Of the three standard tests, the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test is...

Save for at a DUI/DWI checkpoint, a police officer may only stop you if he or she has a reasonable suspicion that you committed or are in the process of committing a criminal activity. The criminal activity can be something as minor as failing to yield or something as...

Though breath analysis tests often get the most publicity, they are not the only type of tool officers use to detect intoxication. In fact, it often is not even the first tool they use. That role often falls to field sobriety tests. Of these tests, you are more likely...