It’s a clichéd scenario: someone you know went to happy hour after work, had a few cocktails, then attempted to drive home, only to have a local police officer intervene. Not a smart move on their part and one fraught with many consequences. They want to curtail as many of those consequences as possible.
They call you because, well, you’re a lawyer. Unfortunately, you don’t know anything about the procedural and substantives issues to help them. What can you do?
If you are going to take the case, start by going to the DUI Practitioner tab on Westlaw. This page is loaded with resources that will help you give your client the best advice possible.
For example, you can quickly access the Handling Drunk Driving Cases treatise (the database identifier is HDRUNKDR), which will guide you through the process of advising your client through the criminal process.
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