Category Archives: Utah DUI Attorney Blog
The Season for DUI Arrests
The holiday season is upon us and while it is often a time of joy and merriment it can also be a time of anguish if those who are out partying are not responsible. With Christmas and New Years parties fast approaching the Utah Highway Patrol will often add additional troopers to the freeways to [...]
Utah DUI Walk and Turn Test
Field Sobriety Test One of the Utah DUI field sobriety tests (FSTs) given by Utah law enforcement to those suspected of driving under the influence is the walk and turn test. There are three primary FSTs used in Utah, the walk and turn being one of them. The other two are the HGN test and [...]
Request for a DLD License Hearing
In the case of a DUI or DUI metabolite the accused driver can request a hearing with the Drivers License Division if he or she believes there is not the required reasonable grounds for a charge and if the DLD has not taken any action on his case. A DLD License Hearing gives the accused [...]
DUI Prescription Drugs
Prescription Medication Can Impair You Many people are under the impression that you cannot be convicted of a Utah DUI if you are under the influence of a legally prescribed medication. Unfortunately that is not true. Just like alcohol, prescription medications are legal substances (so long as you have a prescription). The problem is that [...]
Utah DUI Consequence – Alcohol Restricted Driver
Those who have been convicted of a DUI will become an alcohol restricted driver. This restriction does not permit the alcohol restricted driver to have any amount of alcohol in his/her system at the time of driving a vehicle. Currently the period for alcohol restriction is two years. If an alcohol restricted driver violates the [...]
Utah DUI Impound Fee
Vehicle Impound One of the Drunk Driving Consequences There are a lot of penalties and consequences for driving under the influence of alcohol in Utah. One of the first consequences someone will face after being arrested for DUI in Utah is the impound of their vehicle. The vehicle impound process begins the moment after someone [...]
New Utah Liquor Laws
Over the last couple of years Utah has been changing their liquor laws to be less restrictive. In 2008 and 2009 Gov. Huntsman loosened the laws by getting rid of the membership restriction that required bar patrons to purchase a club membership before entering any bar that served liquor. Starting on July 1, 2011 new [...]
DUI Convicts Affected by New Utah Ignition Interlock Device Law
Utah DUI Convictions and Ignition Interlock Devices For most people in Salt Lake City and the rest of Utah, the idea of having to blow into a machine to start a car, and periodically thereafter being required to blow into it again and again to keep it running, sounds like some sort of science fiction. [...]
Privileged Communications in Utah Criminal Defense Cases
Utah Criminal Defense Lawyers – Privileged Communications In Utah Criminal Defense Cases and trials, there are some special circumstances in which a person may refrain or even be prohibited from testifying about certain matters. Privileged communications may occur when a person has gained information as a result of a confidential relationship. Such exchanges of confidential [...]
Utah DUI Procedures – Investigative Detentions
Salt Lake DUI Law Firm Explains the Investigative Detention The Fourth Amendment of the United States protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. Over the course of time the Fourth Amendment has been interpreted to permit three different levels of police-citizen encounters also known as police “stops.” Level 1 permits an officer to approach a [...]
