When you are charged with a Minnesota DUI, it is important to hire a Minnesota DUI attorney that will represent and defend you. DUI is a serious charge in Minnesota. In addition to the criminal penalties like fines and jail time, a DUI charge and will affect your driver’s license, and you may lose your vehicle or have to put “whiskey plates” on your vehicle, which will show every police officer that you have been charges with a Minnesota DUI. John Scott will be your aggressive Minnesota DUI attorney on your side to represent you.

The penalties for a Minnesota DUI/DWI

You can lose a lot more than your dignity when you get arrested for drunk driving. That’s why, as with any criminal charges, it’s imperative that you do not talk about the situation with the police until you have an attorney representing you. You should always have a Minnesota attorney representing you in a DUI charge even if you feel you are guilty.

Minnesota DUI charges are defendable, by attacking the credibility of the officers, the reliability of the scientific tests used to measure the BAC. Your Minnesota criminal defense attorney needs to know how to handle tough witnesses like scientists and police officers. Attorney John Scott has experience in defending his clients’ rights in Minnesota DUI/DWI cases. The criminal and civil penalties for being convicted will include:

Jail or prison time
Fine
Probation
Suspension of your driving license
Losing your car
Whiskey plates

In Minnesota, you need to aggressively fight DUI charges whenever and however possible. Nobody plans on getting future DUI charges, but nobody planned on getting their first either, and any future Minnesota DUI/DWI charges are enhanced, and carry more severe civil and criminal penalties. The criminal penalties always look back 10 years, but the civil penalties look at all your DUI convictions in your lifetime. Even for misdemeanor DUI charges, Minnesota judges will sentence you taking into consideration all of the DUI charges in your lifetime, even if they happened over 20 years ago. It is important to hire a Minnesota DUI attorney even if you think there is no way out of the DUI charge – call today for a free consult.

Always take the test!

If you have been arrested for DUI, you have the right to speak with a lawyer immediately. After the arrest the police will want to give you a BAC test through a blood, breath or urine test. TAKE THE TEST! It is important to fully cooperate with the police as they give you the BAC test. If the police think you are trying to manipulate the result by not fully breathing out, or you are not following their instructions, or you are unreasonably delaying the test, the police will deem your conduct as a constructive refusal, and you will be charged with the crime of Test Refusal. Test refusal is a more serious offense than taking the test and failing it.

What you do have a right to, and what the police do not have to tell you, is that you have the right to obtain your own independent BAC test after taking the test the police give you. You have the responsibility to arrange for the test to be administered, and to pay for it. John Scott works with area companies that provide that service. Call now to discuss if you have questions concerning a DUI arrest.

Minnesota DUI/DWI convictions after the Court process is done

Even a conviction for DUI is done, the charge will continue to affect your life. You may have lost your driver’s license for a long period of time. After you get your driver’s license back, you are likely to experience increased insurance rates. Insurance companies never like to pay money out when one of their clients makes a mistake, but it is especially frustrating when the offense is avoidable, such as drunk driving. It is likely that your insurance premiums will consider you a high risk following a DUI charge.

Everybody makes mistakes. The best you can do afterwards is pick up the pieces and try to get on with your life. Minnesota DUI attorney John Scott won’t judge you. Instead, he will work hard to ensure that your life isn’t ruined because of one instance of poor judgment. Your well-being and dignity are what matter most.

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