Riverside DUI Arrest Scenarios Attorney

It doesn’t matter if you were leaving a bar, a party, a wedding, or any other social event—driving while intoxicated above the legal limit is a crime in Riverside County as well as in any other county across the 50 states.

A DUI stop usually follows a certain scenario within which the arresting police officer must follow a certain protocol. If he or she did not follow protocol before, during, or after your DUI arrest, an experienced Riverside DUI attorney can get your DUI case dismissed.

A typical arrest goes something like this:

1. You, the driver, made some sort of driving error such as running through a stop sign to give the officer probable cause to pull you over.
2. The officer walks up to your car window and asks to see your license, registration, and proof of vehicle insurance.
3. The officer will watch you carefully to see if you show any signs of impairment such as being unable to find your documents or having bloodshot eyes. The officer will also ask you a few questions about where you’ve been and what you’ve been up to in order to detect any slurred speech, confusion, and other cognitive signs of impairment.
4. If you do exhibit any of the aforementioned signs of impairment the officer will most likely ask you to exit your vehicle and submit to field sobriety tests, which are physical tests designed to detect impairment.
5. If you fail the field sobriety tests, the officer may ask you to submit to a breath test. If your BAC reading is .08 or above, you will be arrested for a DUI. Sometimes a breath test will not be administered at the scene, and you will be arrested just for failing the field sobriety tests.
6. In any instance your next stop will be the police station, where you will then have to submit to chemical testing, either blood, urine, or breath. If your BAC level is above the legal limit, you will be booked on a formal DUI charge.

Although this process may seem daunting, a skilled Riverside DUI attorney will evaluate all evidence including police reports, video tapes, and any other relevant information to find holes in the prosecution’s case, especially the validity of your sobriety test results. Contact the Riverside DUI attorney to begin your case today.