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Chesapeake DUI Lawyers

• Herbert Laine: Being charged with a criminal offense is serious matter. Your livelihood and your freedom may be at stake. Considering the serious and ongoing consequences of a criminal conviction, you need an experienced and aggressive defense attorney to fight for your rights.
• Tarter & Winn: In the last twenty years, the penalties for drunk driving have become far more severe than they were in the past. First-time offenders face potential jail time and fines, although often the penalty for a first-time offense will be something less than jail time in exchange for a guilty plea. Repeat offenders are usually treated more harshly, with substantial fines and mandatory jail sentences that may not be suspended or waived by the court. State administrative regulations often call for suspension or revocation of a defendant's driver's license in addition to any criminal penalty. Defendants have sometimes tried to make the argument that this administrative suspension is double jeopardy prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, but these arguments have never succeeded.
• Robert Wegman: HGN is an involuntary jerking of the eye that occurs naturally as the eyes gaze to the side. During the HGN test, officers instruct DUI suspects to follow a stimulus (usually a penlight) with their eyes, estimating the driver's BAC level based in part on the angle of gaze at which jerking is first observed in each eye. Despite its proven accuracy, the admissibility of the HGN test in court is the most heavily scrutinized of all field sobriety tests. Specifically, some courts characterize the HGN test as a scientific test, requiring prosecutors to lay the foundation for the admission of HGN evidence via expert testimony.
• Brian Thomasson: There are quite a number of people that make innocent mistakes and wish to minimize any future repercussions. ... there are many advantages to having an attorney present with you at the trial. For example, there are legal requirements and formalities that the police officer or the prosecutor must meet in order to sustain a conviction. Unless you know these requirements and formalities you may be found guilty when the case should have been dismissed. Additionally, in Virginia there have been several recent changes to the DUI laws which make the laws some of the most severe in the nation.
• Jo Anne Spencer: The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects against multiple punishments for the same offense, generally prohibiting the government from putting any person "in jeopardy of life or limb" for the same offense twice.
• Herbert Laine: If you are charged with drunk driving, the charges can impact your insurance rates, your ability to drive, and you may face jail time. It is important that you preserve your rights while protecting your reputation, regardless of the offense.