DUI

Prosecution for driving under the influence (DUI) offenses is quite common in Tennessee. Many people who typically follow the law can make a one-time mistake when they drive home after a party or an evening at a sports bar. The state has long been able to prosecute...

You got arrested during a traffic stop because the police officers suspected you of impaired driving or you failed a breath test following a minor fender bender. You find yourself not only facing driving under the influence (DUI) charges but also the potential loss of...

Police officers have a duty to keep the streets as safe as they can. Making sure that they don’t have any unsafe drivers around is one way they can do this. While they’re out on patrol, they’ll look for signs of drunk driving. In order to conduct a drunk driving...

Have you heard that holding a penny in your mouth when you take a Breathalyzer can “fool” the machine into a negative result? Supposedly, the copper in the penny creates a chemical reaction with the alcohol in your mouth and neutralizes it. It’s a surprisingly common...

Many DUI arrests simply start as a traffic stop. There are certainly cases in which the police believe someone is intoxicated in advance. But a lot of these stops happen when the police don’t know why the driver made a mistake, but they simply want to pull them over...

Many people treat breath testing and field sobriety tests as infallible means of gauging someone's chemical intoxication. However, chemical breath tests and field sobriety tests can provide misleading or inaccurate results. Sometimes, the person administering the test...

There are all kinds of reasons that a person may want to challenge DUI charges lodged against them. They may think that the police officer was targeting them or that they failed the Breathalyzer test because it was not given appropriately. DUI charges can be extremely...

If you had a DUI in your past and are facing a DUI again, now is a good time to look at the kinds of penalties that you could face. Even a first-time DUI is negative in Tennessee, but a second, third, fourth or subsequent charge will be treated much more strictly. If...

If you are stopped by the police and charged for a DUI, it is important that you look into defending yourself. You could be facing the loss of your license, fees and fines, jail time, or other penalties. If you are convicted of drinking and driving, that conviction...

Checkpoints or traffic stops result in countless motorists facing driving under the influence (DUI) charges annually in Tennessee. Unless a motorist knows someone who has been stopped on such an occasion, it's unlikely that they'd know what happens during a DUI stop....