Know Your Rights
Protect yourself, know your DUI/DWI rights
If you have been stopped or arrested for drunk driving, the best way to avoid a conviction is to know and assert your rights. Police officers, prosecutors and other officers of the state will rely on your lack of information to secure your conviction. Don't let this happen. Know your DUI/DWI rights.
You have the right to refuse many field sobriety tests
After stopping you, a police officer will likely request that you perform a number of tasks, allegedly to demonstrate your sobriety. These tests vary, but frequently include walking along a straight line, balancing on one foot, or following a moving object with your eyes.
In fact, these officers are relying upon your ignorance of the law to obtain your consent to these tests. You don't have to perform these tests, but they don't have to let you know that. By agreeing to take the tests, you may just be providing the officers with the evidence they will use to arrest you for DUI/DWI.
You have the right to an attorney
A DUI/DWI charge is a serious criminal charge with serious criminal consequences. You have the right to an attorney. When you clearly demand your right to an attorney, the police have to stop interrogating you until your lawyer is present. Protect your rights. Contact us.
You have the right to remain silent
Use it. After you've been arrested, the best thing you can do is to invoke your right to an attorney. The second best thing you can do is to stop talking. You will not explain your way out of the situation. You won't convince them to let you go. If anything, you will just make the state's case stronger. After you ask for an attorney, invoke your right to remain silent and stop talking.
Knowing and asserting your DUI/DWI rights may prevent the police from collecting evidence that could eventually convict you.
Contact Us
At the Rosenstein Law Group, our attorneys provide detail-oriented, individualized representation for your DUI defense. We'll aggressively assert your DUI/DWI rights and strategically protect your interests. Call us today at 623.239.4468 or complete our intake form to discuss your case.
