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contact a lawyer within 10 days of an
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Hillsboro DUI Lawyer
Aggressive criminal defense services
after an Oregon
Drunk Driving – DUI /
DUII Arrest
Over twenty years experience –
two hundred jury trials
Sophisticated
Investigation – Aggressive Defense
An Oregon drunk driving – DUII charge
will require the immediate intervention
of an experienced criminal defense
attorney to not
only guide you through the process of
arrest, trial and appeals but also to
investigate the circumstances of your
arrest and vigorously protect your
rights. The consequences for even a
first-time DUI arrest can be severe,
with a range of punishments ranging
from:
Substantial Fines /
High-Risk Insurance / Vehicle Forfeiture
– Seizure / Driver
License Suspension – Revocation / Home
Monitoring / Alcohol Treatment
Jail Time – Permanent Criminal Record /
Job Loss
Question the
Evidence – Avoid Trial
Portland DUII arrest
lawyer has spent over two
decades developing a successful drunk
driving defense practice based on
emerging investigative and scientific
techniques. In many cases, drunk driving
charges are filed based on the judgment
of law enforcement with the input of
various testing and observational
methods, including erratic driving,
field sobriety tests, video evidence and
on-site interviews.
As scientific research has become
more sophisticated, Attorney at Law, has been able to apply
these new techniques to challenge the
“opinion-based” assumptions made by
prosecution, including issues of
probable cause, interpretation of video
surveillance and data provided by the Intoxilyzer 5000 (blood alcohol testing
device).
The Time to
Respond is Limited – Additional Traffic
Charges
Under Oregon “Implied Consent” laws,
anyone with a valid driver’s license has
consented to chemical testing when
requested by law enforcement. Failure to
consent to a field test can result in
immediate license suspension and even
the impounding of your vehicle. You have
only ten days to notify the Oregon DMV
and request an administrative hearing –
A Hillsboro DUI lawyer can quickly and correctly
contest drunk driving charges and ensure
that your case is decided according to
the facts and the law only.
In addition, we can address and
defend against associated traffic
violations after an arrest, including
reckless driving, reckless hit and run,
attempt to allude, driving under license
suspension – revocation, vehicular
manslaughter and habitual DUII offender
charges (your fourth Drunk Driving
charge is a felony with substantial jail
time).
CONTACT a
Hillsboro DUI / DUII Lawyer Today:
If you have been charged with Oregon
drunk driving – DUII, be respectful to
law enforcement but don’t forget your
right to contact Portland
DUI attorney immediately for a timely,
affordable resolution to serious
criminal charges.
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trial practice, including domestic
violence and Measure 11 felony cases.
Hillsboro criminal
defense attorney provides legal advice
and representation to individuals
throughout the Portland area and across
Oregon facing drunk driving, domestic
violence or other felony or misdemeanor
criminal charges, including the cities
of Beaverton, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene,
Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Salem, Forest
grove and all of Washington, Clackamas,
Benton, Deschutes, Lane and Multnomah
County.
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If You Have Been Arrested
for DUII in Washington County Oregon
Hiring a experienced DUII
Attorneys Washington County Oregon, is your best and only Defense
Having a DUII Attorneys
Washington County Oregon with excellent legal skills defending you in a drunken
driving case sometimes can be expensive depending on the circumstances. The
DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon being an experienced attorney is your
best bet to prevent a conviction or even prevent a duii case from going to
trial. A dui, duii or a dwi charge is a serious offense and can have many
serious consequences. Your DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon will advice
you as to what plan of action he would like to take to give you the best
solution for your future and recommendations on the restitution of fines and
penalties assessed.
If you have been
arrested for a dui, duii or a dwi or cited for driving while intoxicated in
Washington County Oregon this does not mean the Washington County Courts will
simply find you guilty. The Washington County prosecuting district attorney will
have to prove their case against you. dui, duii or a dwi cases are often easy
for the district attorney to prosecute and win.
The burden of proof in
many cases that Washington County Oregon District Attorneys prosecutes can be
simple because. Washington County Oregon prosecution has your breathalyzer test
results unless you refused to take one; they have the testimony of the arresting
officer on your behavior and any and all statements you made at the time of the
stop. They will have explicit documentation from the arresting officer as to
your behaviors during the time of the stop, and they will have results from the
sobriety test you were given, possibly film footage of the stop and possible
recordings of you on any statements you may have made. In most cases in
Washington County Oregon, the evidence against you will appear to be what you would term
as open and shut case. Having a DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon who has
the experience in this area of the law, know that there are many ways to have
evidence stricken so the prosecuting attorney can not use this against you. Your
DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon has an understanding that if you were to
just plead guilty or take a plea bargain for diversion, without you letting your
DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon completely investigate the facts of the
case then you would be simply saying your guilty as charged.
A conviction for a dui,
duii or a dwi in Washington County Oregon may do damage to you for the rest of
your life. A DUII conviction possibly could affect your credit. It is not
unheard of that, credit bureaus are including drunken driving or dui, duii or a
dwi conviction in their credit reports. This could have a serious effect on
your employment or future employment when you apply for a new job and the
employer does a background check on you for employment. Being arrested for DUII
is serious, however being convicted of a DUII in Washington County Oregon can
prove to be 100 times more serious. Once you are convicted, the
consequences can be very stiff fines and court cost. You will likely get
mandatory drug and alcohol treatment, often anger management is applied and if
you have children, you may be subject to parenting classes as well having to
report to a probation officer, who will drug and alcohol test you and you may
spend some time in Jail.
It still won’t end with
successful completion of probation because Once you have paid all the fines and
the treatment cost and the probation fees and served either time in jail or done
community service. The fact is a conviction for a dui offense may still affect
you for years. Expect your automobile insurance premiums to be escalated. Your
insurance company possibly might and do in most cases cancel your automobile
insurance which you will then have to find a new insurance carrier and you will
have to have a SR-22 which you will only get coverage from insurance carriers
who specialize in SR-22 insurance for drivers, and this will be a very high
cost.
Your Deserve the Best
DUII Attorneys Washington County Oregon
The Law Office believes
that you are entitled to the very best defense they can give you and your case
regardless of the nature of your crime. Because you have the right to a fair
trial.
Some
states now have two statutory offenses. The
first is the traditional offense, variously
called driving under the influence of
alcohol (DUI), driving while
intoxicated/impaired (DWI) or
operating while intoxicated/impaired (OWI).
The second and more recent is the so-called
illegal per se offense of driving with a
blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08%
(previously 0.10%) or higher. The first
offense requires proof of intoxication,
although evidence of BAC is admissible as
rebuttably presumptive evidence of that
intoxication; the second requires only proof
of BAC at the time of being in physical
control of a motor vehicle. An accused may
be convicted of both offenses, but may only
be punished for one.
It is
also a criminal offense in all states to
drive a vehicle while under the influence of
drugs DUID, or under the combined influence
of alcohol and drugs; the drugs themselves
need not be illegal, but can be prescription
or even over-the-counter. In some states,
the effects of some herbal remedies (such as
Kava Kava extract) fall into this category.
This offense requires evidence of impairment
as a result of the drugs or drugs and
alcohol, although some states have passed
laws making driving with the mere presence
of certain drugs a criminal offense. A
number of states have expanded upon DUI laws
to make operating a motor vehicle while
impaired a punishable offense, which
includes sleep deprived driving, among other
things. Some states also include a lesser
charge of driving with a BAC of 0.05%; other
states limit this offense to drivers under
the age of 21. All states also now have zero
tolerance laws: the license of anyone under
21 driving with a BAC of .01% or higher
(.02% in some states) will be suspended.
The
blood-alcohol limit for commercial drivers
is 0.04%. Commercial drivers are also
subject to stricter punishments for
exceeding the blood-alcohol limit.
Pilots of
aircraft may not fly less than eight hours
after consuming alcohol, while under the
impairing influence of alcohol or any other
drug, or while showing a blood alcohol
concentration equal to or greater than 0.04
grams per deciliter of blood
The
various versions of "driving under the
influence" generally constitute a
misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in
jail). However, the offense may be elevated
to a felony (punishable by a longer term in
state prison) if the incident caused serious
injury (felony DUI), death (vehicular
manslaughter or vehicular homicide),
or extensive property damage (a state
specified dollar amount) or if the defendant
has a designated number of prior DUI
convictions within a given time period
(commonly, 3 prior convictions within 7
years). California, which is being followed
by a growing number of states, now charges
second-degree murder where the legal state
of mind of malice exists -- that is,
where the defendant exhibited a reckless
indifference to the lives of others.
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