Month: November 2009

  •  The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test is a field test that officers across the nation, including Utah, use to determine whether a person is impaired.  Is the test valid?  The officer is not an opthamalogist and uses no scientific equipment to check a person’s eyes. He is not trained by anyone who has scientific training with…

  • Attorney.org recognized Utah DUI Attorney Law Blog (www.utahduilawblog.com) as one of the top criminal law blogs on the net.  The ranking seems to be alphabetized, rather than a rank of the best to worse.  The link is http://www.attorney.org/criminal-law.html. Attorney.org seems like a site that reports on current legal issues, items in the news, and seems…

  •  I was asked by a client two years ago to take over his case. He had another lawyer; he pled guilty and was on the verge of being sentenced. I agreed to represent this man and filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea before he was sentenced. The judge allowed the plea to be withdrawn. The man’s case…

  •   I recently represented a lady on her second accusation of a DUI.  The first accusation she plead guilty.  I appealed it for her because there was no evidence that this woman was impaired to any degree.  The officer arrested her because she went through a red/yellow light and smelled alcohol on her.  That was…