If you’ve ever been pulled over on suspicion of a drug DUI, the police officer who evaluated you and may have ended up arresting you was a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE). He or she has received special training about investigating drug use. Designating certain police officers as DREs has been rather controversial in California and throughout the US because the methods of training these individuals use have been proven to be rather subjective and unscientific. Flaws in the DRE’s reasoning can often be exposed in DUI cases when he or she is cross-examined by criminal defense attorneys.
What should I do about my drug DUI charge?
If you’ve been charged with a drug DUI, the most important action you can take to prevent a conviction is to hire the best DUI defense attorney you can find. Having someone who has many years of experience defending clients in your area from drug DUI charges will benefit you and your case tremendously.
How could a drug DUI defense attorney help?
Even if you did take some drugs on the night of your arrest, it’s very possible that you had no idea your driving ability was impaired. Perhaps you had taken the drugs many hours earlier, and there was only a faint amount left in your system – in that case, you weren’t DUI at all!
Drug DUIs can be defended against
The tricky part about a drug DUI is that there’s no set amount of any particular substance that’s legally considered intoxication. The DRE is specially trained to determine whether a driver is under the influence of drugs, but they may have mistaken your normal behavior and actions for signs of intoxication. Perhaps you have a physical or mental disability that affected your performance on the field sobriety tests or made answering the police officer’s questions more challenging. Or perhaps it was just terribly hard to act normal when you were pulled over by the side of the road, with cars whizzing by after a fun night out. All understandable!
Your criminal defense attorney will present these facts in your case in a way that makes it clear that you should either not be charged with DUI or at least, you shouldn’t receive the harshest penalties.
In short, an excellent criminal defense attorney is worth their weight in gold when it comes to DUI charges.
Best Southern California DUI attorney—Dan Chambers
If you’re in Southern California, the ideal choice is Attorney Dan Chambers of the Chambers Law Firm. He has been defending clients from drug and alcohol DUIs for over many years, and as a former prosecutor, he has a uniquely effective perspective that he brings to every case. Your DUI case will be treated as a top priority as soon as you make contact with Attorney Chambers.
