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How to Fight DUI
Charges in Arizona
If you face DUI charges in Arizona, you need to take them seriously. Under Arizona laws, “it is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drugs to drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle.” The penalties can be steep. Whether you are facing first offense or aggravated DUI charges, our experienced DUI attorneys are prepared to build a strong case on your behalf.
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Arizona DUI
Offenses and Penalties
When you drive a vehicle in the State of Arizona, you automatically give consent to be tested for intoxicating liquor or drugs. If you refuse to be tested, your driver’s license can be automatically suspended for at least one year.
DUI - Illegal Alcohol Concentration Levels
- Private vehicle: 0.08%
- Commercial vehicle: 0.04%
- Driver under 21: Any amount
First Offense DUI in Arizona
- Minimum prison sentence: 10 days (9 days can be suspended)
- Minimum fine: Approximately $1,500.00.
- Mandatory ignition interlock device (a device that tests your breath for alcohol before you can start your vehicle)
Repeated Offenses
- Minimum prison sentence: 90 days
- License revoked for one year
- Mandatory ignition interlock device
- Community service
Extreme DUI in Arizona
Any blood alcohol concentration over 0.15 qualifies as an extreme DUI.
- Minimum prison sentence: 30 days (no probation or suspended sentence)
- Minimum fine: $2,500.00
- Mandatory ignition interlock device
- Community service
Repeated Extreme DUI
- Minimum jail sentence: 120 days
- License revoked for a year
- Minimum fine: $3,250.00
- Mandatory ignition interlock device
- Community service
Penalties for Super
Extreme DUI in Phoenix
Any blood alcohol concentration over
0.20 qualifies as a super extreme DUI.
Penalties for a first offense super extreme DUI include:
- Minimum jail sentence: 45 days
- Minimum fine: $3,250.00
- Mandatory ignition
interlock device - Community service
- License revoked for 90 days
Penalties for Aggravated
DUI in Arizona
You can be charged with aggravated DUI if:
- You are arrested for DUI with a suspended or revoked license; or
- You commit a DUI for the third time within a period of 7 years; or
- You commit a DUI while required to drive a vehicle with an ignition interlock device; or
- You commit a DUI while a minor (under 15) is in the vehicle
- Minimum prison sentence:
4 months - Mandatory ignition
interlock device - License revoked for 3 years
alcohol screenings and classes.
DUI Drugs in Arizona
While the public mostly associates DUI with alcohol, marijuana, or illegal drugs, you may also be arrested for driving under the influence of certain prescription drugs.
Phoenix DUI Defense Strategies
An experienced Arizona DUI attorney can develop a variety of defense strategies to minimize penalties and prevent you from serving time in jail.
Illegal Stop
Law enforcement officers stopped you without a reasonable suspicion for suspecting you had violated any laws.
Illegal Arrest
Police officers cannot demonstrate that there was probable cause for the DUI arrest.
Illegal Search
If law enforcement officers searched your vehicle without probable cause that you might have committed a crime, any evidence they seized becomes inadmissible in court.
Questioning Police
Officers’ Credibility
Evidence of inconsistent statements by law enforcement officers can be used to undermine the prosecution’s case.
Discrepancy
Between Police Reports
and Video Recordings
Cameras are everywhere these days, especially when police officers are involved. A savvy DUI lawyer will know where to look to find any discrepancies between what officers say happened and what body-camera footage reveals.
Unreliability of
Field Sobriety Tests
The sobriety tests commonly used by police are not always reliable. Our expert witnesses have often resorted to scientific evidence of the unreliability of these tests to secure a dismissal.
Invalid Breath
and/or Blood Test
- The officer who administered the breath test must have a valid license to operate the testing equipment. If they don’t, the results are not admissible in court.
- Intoxilyzer malfunction
- Absence of duplicate test to validate result
- The device used is not approved for use in Arizona
- Operator didn’t follow established procedure
- Blood was not drawn within two hours of driving
What to Do If You Face DUI
Charges in Phoenix
Arizona courts take DUI cases very seriously. Our seasoned DUI lawyers and forensic experts know the intricacies of the system. We have helped hundreds of defendants fight DUI charges in Maricopa County, Yuma, Sedona, Tucson, and elsewhere in the state. Our DUI and traffic violation specialists have an impeccable track record of getting charges dismissed even in cases of extreme and aggravated DUI all over Arizona.