Know Your Phoenix DUI Rights
When it comes to protecting your best interest in Phoenix DUI cases, ignorance hurts
Below is a list of your rights under Arizona DUI Law.
In your Phoenix DUI case, you have the right to...
- Remain silent before, during and after your arrest.
- Decline field sobriety testing.
- Speak with an attorney during your arrest, and have one represent you in court.
- Hire competent and dedicated Phoenix DUI defense counsel, and have every aspect of the State's case against you examined for errors.
- An independent test for body alcohol content after a blood or breath test given by the police.
- Plead not guilty to your DUI charges.
- Be presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Appeal legal issues raised at trial.
- Have witnesses testify on your behalf at hearing or trial.
- A DUI trial by jury.
- Inspect and examine all evidence the State seeks to use against you
- Interview law enforcement witnesses prior to trial, and to compel their deposition if they are not cooperative.
- Challenge probable cause in your Phoenix DUI case.
- Take the stand and explain your side of the story.
- A stay of punishment while your case is up on appeal (misdimeaner cases).
- Be treated with dignity at the police station, at your lawyer's office, and in Court
- Work release and may be entitled to electric home detention in most misdimeaner convictions.
- A work permit even if your license is suspended in many misdimeaner cases (some exceptions apply).
- A complete explanation of every detail of your case, and the right to be fully and competently informed prior to making any dispositive decisions in your case.
