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DRUNK DRIVING DEFENSE INTERVIEW

If you are serious about defending your DWI, record this information while its still fresh in your memory. I will call you after I receive your email report. Please include telephone contact information. It is very important to discuss these matters personally. Submissions without telephone contact information will be discarded.

Instructions for interview: Please answer the questions as truthfully as possible; do not guess at an answer (approximations are fine, but not as reliable). The results depend on your truthfulness.

Preliminary Questions

Personal Infomation - Strictly Confidential *-REQUIRED FIELDS:

Name: * 

Email Address:  

Your Home Address:  

City:  * 

State:  

Your ZIP code: * 

Primary Phone: * 

Secondary Phone:   

Cell Phone:   

*Contact Preference (when is the best time to contact you)?
   

Date of Birth:   

Height:   

Weight:   

Driver License Number:   

State Where Licensed   

Do you have a CDL?:   

Occupation:   

Place of Employment:   

How did you find this web site?  

Other Source:   

Have you ever been arrested for DUI/DWI before?

   yes    no

If 'yes', what approximate date(s) was(were) your previous DUI/DWI(s)?   

Your Current Arrest Matter: 

Date of Your Current Arrest?   

Was your license valid on this most current arrest (ie. not suspended or revoked for another reason)?
   yes    no

Due Process Under the Law:

What type of law enforcement officer was the arresting officer :
(the one who gave you tests, handcuffed you, took you to jail)?

Please input the arresting officer's last name and badge or serial number:   

Please input the agency that the officer worked for:
(ie. State Police, or xxx Township Police Department):   

Did the officer treat you fairly and professionally?
   yes    no

Please enter any comments about the officer below:
  

City and State where arrest took place?   

What date and time is your court date?   

Other Tickets or Charges received with this DWI (check all that apply):

  • Failure to Maintain Lane
  • Speeding
  • Illegal U-Turn
  • Running Red Light or Stop Sign
  • Defective Equipment
  • No Proof of Insurance
  • Failure to Yield
  • Other (Please specify below...)

Please specify other charges not listed above

  


Analysis Questions - Probable Cause: 

Did the officer see you driving, or if s/he did not, did you admit to driving a vehicle?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

Did the officer have a valid reason for stopping you in the vehicle?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

What did the officer indicate to you as the reason for the traffic stop or contact with you (check all that apply-use control/command key)?

  

If none of the above apply, please indicate the reason for the stop of your vehicle or contact with you?      

Analysis Questions-Reasonable Cause to Arrest:

Did you take any field balance/coordination (field sobriety tests - FST's) tests prior to being arrested and handcuffed?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

Were you ordered or did you do them voluntarily?
   Ordered    Voluntary

Do you have any physical issues that would affect your ability to do balance tests?
     Yes      No

   If 'Yes', please explain:   

Please select the field sobriety tests you were ordered to perform (check all that apply)
-(use control/command key)?
  

If 'Other', please indicate what they made you do?   

Were you given a roadside handheld breath test?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

What type of shoes were you wearing?     

Did you fail to satisfactorily perform the balance and coordination tests as demonstrated to you by the officer?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

Did you drink any alcoholic beverages, and/or take any drugs, within 10 hours of being stopped by the officer?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If you drank alcoholic beverages, what type (highlight all that apply-use control/command key)?

  

If 'Other', please indicate type of beverage?   

Think about the drinks you had. Many people underestimate how many drinks they had, or cannot remember. This can be extremely important to your case though. In order to calculate your Blood Alcohol Level please indicate how many drinks you had total (one drink is equal to a 12 ounce beer, a regular 4 ounce glass of wine, or, 1 shot or 1 ½ ounces-of hard liquor)?

Number of servings of alcohol:   

Approximately what time did you start your FIRST alcoholic beverage?   

Approximately what time did you finish your LAST alcoholic beverage?   

 

If you were on prescription medications or other drugs, what type (highlight all that apply-use control/command key)?

  

If 'Other', please indicate type of medication or drug?   
 

What size meal did you have within three (3) hours of drinking or drug use?
  

If 'Other', please indicate size of meal?   

Did you feel the effects of the alcohol you drank, or drugs you were taking, when you were driving (i.e. feel a buzz, feel drunk or high)?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If you drank after driving, please explain:
  

Think carefully about these next few questions: 

Approximately how many minutes went by from the time the officer stopped/contacted you until he put the handcuffs on you?   

Approximately what time were you first contacted by the officer?   

Approximately what time you were arrested (handcuffed)?   

Approximately how many minutes went by from the time you were arrested (when they handcuffed you) until you arrived at the blood, breath or urine test location?   

Approximately how many minutes went by from the time you arrived at the chemical test location until you took the first chemical test (blood, breath or urine test)?   

Analysis Questions - Chemical Test/Test Refusal: 

Did you take a blood, breath or urine test?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If you took a chemical test, did you take a blood, breath, or urine test?
   Blood    Breath    Urine    I don't know/not applicable

Did you take the chemical test (blood, breath or urine at the station) within 2 hours of driving?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If 'yes' type in the test and the results if you know:   

Do you suffer from lactose intolerance, acid reflux, other burping syndrome or diabetes or do you work with chemicals?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If 'yes' which one:   

Were you advised that you had the right to an independent blood test by the doctor of your choice?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If a breath test, did you give two breath samples?
   yes    no    I don't know/not applicable

If 'yes', the time between samples:   

If you are charged with refusing a chemical test, where or when did you supposedly refuse?   
 

If you refused, but later changed your mind, please give details:
  

Please enter any comments or things you think your attorney should know that is not asked for on questionnaire:
  

Have you consulted with another attorney?
   yes    no

Is it your goal to win your DUI case?
   yes    no

Is it your goal to save your Driver's License from suspension/revocation?
   yes    no

Are you aware that DUI/DWI cases can be successfully defended?
   yes    no

Are you aware that a conviction and/or driver's license suspension for DUI will result in insurance cancellation or an increase cost?
   yes    no


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