Florida Dui Handbook

"I've been arrested for DUI in Sarasota County, Florida; what do I do now?" It is often frightening to be arrested, and a DUI arrest in Sarasota County is no different. This guide to surviving your Sarasota DUI is written by experienced criminal defense attorneys to help you understand what it going on, and what will happen throughout the process. According to recent national media campaigns, "You drink, you drive, you go to jail." Unfortunately this tag line is not an accurate statement of the law. Police have been indoctrinated by these campaigns, and if you are stopped for any reason while driving and have an odor of an alcoholic beverage on your breath, you may very well be arrested and go to jail. Remember this: an arrest for driving under the influence does NOT mean a conviction for driving under the influence. You have options and rights under the law, and you are entitled to your day in court to argue your defense. This guide is not meant to be a do-it-yourself DUI defense manual. There is no substitute for an experienced, competent and aggressive defense attorney to represent you and your case. Surviving Your Sarasota DUI Guide is designed to give people arrested for driving under the influence in Sarasota County the knowledge you to know your options and confidently choose an attorney for your DUI case.

In the driving under the influence (DUI) context it is conceded that drugs, illegal and those prescribed by a physician, may impair perception, memory, judgment, motor skills, and the ability to operate a motor vehicle. According to governmental statistics about one in five (18 percent) motorists killed in 2010 had drugs in their system at the time of the crash. Drug DUIs are becoming an alarming trend. This book details the drug DUI process from field sobriety testing, the DRE 12-step process, blood draws, and an analysis of all of the drugs that impair and affect an individual's ability to drive. This book is an objective and detailed review of the process that drug DUI cases must go through and a comprehensive analysis of the detection of drug impaired drivers and the gathering of evidence to prove a driver is under the influence of drugs. This book is a must for every DUI law enforcement officer and any individual in the DUI field, including prosecutors and DUI defense attorneys.