Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI)
If you have been investigated for a drug or alcohol related driving offense, each step you take could have long term and far reaching consequences on your life. Convictions are for a lifetime. Alcohol convictions in Colorado never expire. The possible penalties for a second DUI offense are the same whether the prior conviction was last year or twenty years ago. Every time someone is charged with one of these offenses, his or her liberty is at stake.
The moment you are contacted by the police on a criminal investigation, the clock begins to tick. You will either begin to exercise your rights or you will begin to waive them. Evidence, which may help you win your case, will either be recognized and preserved or lost. At Chris Mahre & Associates, we work with you to make sure we salvage what is clearly a bad situation and get the best outcome possible.
Once you waive a legal issue, you may not get it back. For example, if you are charged with a DUI, one right you have is to an administrative hearing before the Department of Motor Vehicles. You have seven (7) days from the date you were charged to exercise this right. If you do not request this hearing within that time, you will probably lose that right. We can guide you through all the rights you have and help you decide what you want to do.
Whether you succeed or fail at that administrative hearing, if you have been charged you also must go before a court and handle your criminal charges. Our attorneys will work closely with you through your legal experience, helping you figure out what are legitimate legal hazards and what are basically bluffs.
You may think you have a rock solid defense to this charge. You may be right and you may be wrong. You may think you have absolutely no defense. Again you may be right and you may be wrong. You will only get one opportunity to argue your case. Without a dispassionate experienced advisor, your ability to make your case effectively will be diminished. If you have already been charged, at least one member of the government already convinced that you likely committed the crime and it can be proven– the police officer. Now is the time to defend yourself vigorously. Let us help you.
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