DUI

Anyone accused of drunk driving faces potentially serious consequences. However, when the DUI involves innocent children, it may make having a solid criminal defense against the charges that much more critical. The Utah County Sheriff's Office is currently...

Utah residents may not have heard about the appeal of a man convicted of DUI in a vehicle that arguably wasn't drivable. In the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2010, police were notified of a broken-down vehicle sitting in the outside lane of traffic on an interstate...

The former Utah Highway Patrol trooper who was fired after the public learned that many people she arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving were not intoxicated said she is taking responsibility for some "mistakes," to borrow the term used in the Salt Lake...

A new report from the National Transportation Safety Board recommending that states lower the legal blood-alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05 has led to a great deal of debate in Utah as well as in other states. The NTSB and some other observers believe that lowering the...

One way that an innocent person can get wrongfully arrested for DUI in Ogden is if the police officers at the scene mix up the occupants of a vehicle and arrest a passenger as if he or she was the driver. That is what happened to a man who was arrested for DUI in...

For many people who get arrested for DUI in Utah, the arrest is the first time they have ever gotten in trouble with the law. While they take responsibility for their actions, they do not regularly drink and drive but made a mistake. In those cases, extensive...

The U.S. Supreme Court has made its decision in Missouri v. McNeely, in which a man who was subjected to a blood alcohol test against his will so that police could prove he was driving under the influence of alcohol. The man appealed his DUI conviction on the grounds...

The legal troubles for the Utah Highway Patrol due to its former "Trooper of the Year's" alleged penchant for making false DUI arrests are continuing to balloon. The department could face a class action lawsuit from as many as 800 wrongfully accused drivers, some of...

The former mayor of a Utah town who resigned in February after being arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving that month was formally charged with DUI on March 5. The case is an example of how a DUI arrest can impact a person's career even before the charges are...

The one-time Utah Highway Patrol "Trooper of the Year" whose staggering number of DUI arrests were later shown to be pumped up by numerous false arrests is creating more headaches for her former department. Two of the ex-trooper's former victims have filed lawsuits...