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If you refuse to submit to chemical testing, your license will be suspended for 1 year (Administrative License Suspension) unless your attorney files an appeal within 30 days of your arrest. This is known as the 30-Day Rule.

No, not most of the time. Law enforcement officials have the right to give you a field sobriety test without reading your Miranda Rights. Only after you have been taken into custody are they required to read you your Miranda Rights before asking you relevant questions.

Not only will the following result in other charges besides DUI, but they will also likely lead to harsher punishments: multiple DUI convictions, a hit and run accident or one involving a school bus, driving with a child under the age of 14 in your car, fleeing from a police officer, or resisting arrest.

Not necessarily. A sharp attorney may be able to mount a vigorous defense. For example, he or she may question the timing of the test, the method or precision of the equipment used to take it, and/or the handling of specimens once they were obtained.

Absolutely! The attorneys at Banks, Stubbs & McFarland LLP have not only handled thousands of DUI cases successfully, but they have also handled them from both sides, meaning they are acutely aware of how the prosecution works and how to defend against it. Our team has a proud record of trying cases to an acquittal, assisting clients in getting dismissals and in negotiating plea bargains and lesser sentences. Whatever your particular case involves, our practice will bring it to the best possible resolution.