Attorney Handling Drunk Driving and DUI Defense ◦ Akron, Ohio
Do not delay after you have been cited for DUI/DWI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs). Contact a criminal defense lawyer as soon as possible. As you select your DUI defense lawyer, ask yourself how seriously the attorney is likely to take your case. You do not want to be a case number or a face in the crowd. You want a lawyer who will recognize the unique characteristics of your particular drunk driving arrest.
Factors that may figure into the final outcome of your drunk driving defense case in Ohio may include the following:
- Is underage drinking part of the charges?
- Is this a first time or repeat offender arrest?
- What was the police officer's reason for the traffic stop — were you weaving in and out of traffic, or did you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?
- Was law enforcement's reason for stopping you reasonable or unreasonable?
- If you took the Breathalyzer test, was the machine properly maintained and calibrated? Might it be proven that you were not, in fact, inebriated according to the state's standards for sobriety?
Your job after you have been arrested for driving while intoxicated is to cooperate with your defense lawyer. Be honest with your attorney and be ready to go to administrative hearings — and to court, if necessary. Your defense attorney's job is to explore every angle of your charges and your arrest in search of valid defense arguments.
If alcohol abuse is in your background, you can likely expect that the court will expect to see you participate in some kind of addiction treatment or rehabilitation. If this was a onetime fluke occurrence when you were driving home from a wedding or an after-hours work party, you should expect your defense attorney to emphasize this and other relevant mitigating circumstances.
If you need experienced representation after you failed a sobriety test and were arrested for drunk driving, contact Kirk Migdal.
