Evidence is the key to your operating under the influence (more commonly known as OUI) case, because without it the entire case will be fall apart. There are many different types of OUI evidence, some of which carries more weight than others. Every case is different, and what is most important in your case may …Continue Reading →

In Maine, it is perfectly legal for an adult to consume alcohol and drive. It’s only illegal to be impaired by alcohol or be a 0.08 or greater. However, if you haven’t reached the age of 21 and you drive a vehicle with any amount of alcohol in your blood, you have committed a crime and may be charged with a conditional license violation. As a result, you are looking at a one year loss of license that will be imposed by the Bureau of Motor vehicles.

Once a police officer charges you with an OUI, the Maine Secretary of State will move to suspend your license (or your privileges to drive in Maine if you’re an out of state driver).  However, with the help of a professional DUI attorney you can request a hearing prior to going under suspension. The purpose …Continue Reading →

Even with professional help from a licensed, experienced OUI attorney, your life could change in a lot of ways if you are convicted of operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving a commercial vehicle. These large vehicles carry the potential for extensive damage to people and property, and the implications mean heavier …Continue Reading →

Today’s topic of discussion concerns the most important of all the standardized field sobriety tests, the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test. Nystagmus is defined as the involuntary jerking of the eyes. Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus is defined as the involuntary jerking of the eyes as they gaze to the side. Now, what we mean by Nystagmus in …Continue Reading →

Although getting convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is a serious situation regardless of what you are driving, it is especially serious when you are driving a commercial vehicle. You can kill people when driving a passenger vehicle under the influence, but you have a far greater capacity to kill, damage property, or cause serious bodily injuries with a bigger type of vehicle. Buses, tractor trailers, large tractors, and similar vehicles have a tremendous weight capacity, meaning that they can inflict far more damage when they are not driven or operated by someone with a very clear mind and quick reflexes…

Today we’re going to discuss very briefly what happens in an OUI case when you’ve been arrested and you’re under the age of 18. In Maine, as in most states, juvenile law applies when you’ve been charged with a crime and you’re under the age of eighteen. If you’ve been charged with a DUI and you’re under the age of 18, it is a juvenile offense. Now in some ways, the fact that the case will be in the juvenile system is to your advantage. In other ways, it becomes more problematic…

Commercial vehicles are particularly dangerous on our roadways, since their size and weight so greatly outmatches the average vehicle. Thusly, there are different rules applicable to commercial vehicles and their drivers, even where driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol are concerned. If you are facing a DUI conviction involving a commercial vehicle, it is critical that you find a professional DUI attorney to fight for your rights and protect your future…

We have given you extensive information about how being convicted of an OUI can ruin your opportunity to drive for the foreseeable future, but there are other ways that it can change your driving privileges. Even with a valid driver’s license, factors such as the ones we will mention today may prevent you from driving normally. This has a huge impact on your ability to work, go to school, and can even affect your social life and similar relationships…

If you are suspended by The Bureau of Motor Vehicles here in Maine for a first offense OUI, and you hold a CDL, you will be suspended for a period of one year; even if you win the criminal case. It is imperative that you beat both the Bureau of Motor Vehicles suspension hearing and the criminal case in order to continue to drive. Even if you’re not operating a commercial vehicle when you’re pulled over, if you blow a 0.08 or greater, your CDL will still be suspended for a period of a year. That is unless you beat both the Bureau of Motor Vehicles suspension hearing and the criminal case…

Your wallet is one of the more sensitive parts of your anatomy, although you carry it instead of it being attached, and a hit to the wallet hurts worse than most injuries that lead to hospitalization. The difference is that it hurts more than just you.  It hurts your spouse, children, roommate, housemate, and any …Continue Reading →