DUI First Offense

Alexis explains: "immediately um because that is one thing that is incredibly crucial as far as timing for duis go the actual criminal side of things takes a lot longer to get to the court system awesome cool oh learn something every day um so once we are called and we are hired what happens after that with a dui case so every law firm operates a little differently i can tell you what right that's definitely um what we do at wright law group is we are really big on being very very communicative with our clients we make sure that our clients can text us call us email us facebook us whatever they need to do we actually have had a couple of clients call us from the back"

Right Law Group's guide explains: "you may face fines, court costs, jail time, and community service, and you might lose at least some driving privileges – possibly all of them"

Right Law Group's guide explains: "you may face fines, court costs, jail time, and community service, and you might lose at least some driving privileges – possibly all of them."

The express consent affidavit is a specific form tied to your DUI stop and what happens with your license. Alexis explains: "there's going to be a sheet of paper the DUI officer fills out, and it's called the Express Consent Affidavit form. What this is, is they're gonna be going over whether you choose to do a breath test, a blood test, or whether you refuse. And this is what's sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles to determine how they proceed." In her description, the DUI officer fills out the form, and it records whether you chose a breath test, a blood test, or a refusal. Alexis notes that this is the document sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles to determine how they proceed. The DUI statute it ties back to is C.R.S. 42-4-1301, available at https://hub.rightlawgroup.com/statutes/crs-42-4-1301.

Right Law Group's guide explains: "The costs of DUI go far beyond lawyer fees and court costs. If you find yourself facing your first DUI in Colorado , you might be hoping for some leniency."

Alexis explains: "the end point because a lot of my clients that i've worked with over the years don't want to be on supervised probation because they don't want a probation officer breathing down the neck which makes sense and probation costs money so if they're doing all these things in advance it can keep it so that they don't have to have a supervisor on probation they can do what's called unsupervised probation um and be able to just turn in everything either to the law firm to the courts directly oh perfect perfect yeah i was gonna say like we really like to jump get proactive get ahead of it come up to court ready to go we already have stuff um handled so"

Alexis explains: "going to ask you if you want to take a breath or a blood test now this is something that a lot of people get confused on in the state of colorado you absolutely have the right to refuse testing some police will tell you that you can't refuse but you can you can say no i don't want to do any kind of test there are different questions as to whether you should do a test or not"

Right Law Group's guide explains: "According to the Colorado Department of Transport, the average DUI lawyer cost in Colorado is $3,650. Not much of a price tag when you factor in that first-offense DUIs in Colorado cost an average of $13,530 when all the costs are tallied."

Right Law Group's guide explains: "you can lose your license for up to nine months, spend up to a year in jail, and end up spending thousands in court costs and related fees."

In a verified client review: "When I needed representation within a week they were there for me immediately and I didn't need to show up for certain hearings."

Alexis explains: "so they'll also ask to put you through some things that are called sfsts it's standard field sobriety tests a lot of you probably have seen these it's things like doing a walk and turn test standing on one leg some some people still do the touch your nose even though that's not standardized but going through these tests you can do them if you want but you do have the right to refuse to do them they're also"

Alexis explains: "a lot of first-time offenders will only have to keep an interlock device installed in their car for nine months"

Right Law Group's guide explains: "According to the Colorado Department of Transport, the average DUI lawyer cost in Colorado is $3,650."

Alexis explains: "another question that well just more give you guys information of what also comes along with dui charges do you just get pulled over you get a dui is it only people are also speeding is it are there typical general combined charges with that that is a great question i can talk all day about this i'll try to be brief yeah so the basic idea is the police cannot contact you without a reason um in legalese we call it reasonable articulable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot"

Alexis explains: "you have the right not to incriminate yourself you have the right not to say anything that is going to in any way hurt you but a lot of the times they're asking because they think that you have had something to drink so you have to make that decision as to whether or not you want to admit that you've been drinking or not you do have to remember though anything you say to the police can and will be used against you"

The piece of the DUI process that catches most people off guard is Colorado's express consent law, which runs alongside the criminal case. Jimmy explains: "Under Colorado law, when you drive on Colorado roads, you've already agreed to submit to chemical testing of your breath or your blood if you're arrested or suspected for DUI. That agreement affects both your criminal case and your driver's license." He points out that most drivers have never heard of this law until the worst possible moment. The express consent notice records whether you took or refused the testing and what the results were, and it sets out the deadlines that now apply to you.

DUI First Offense cases in Littleton are handled by the Arapahoe County Combined Court, which sits in the 18th Judicial District. As a combined court, it hears both county-court and district-court matters.

Alexis explains: "sometimes they can lessen if you're doing doing your thing i mean good choices as with anything if you make the right choices you're going to have a much easier time exactly exactly and then is that something that you get approved like through that interlock company is it the dmv is it the court how do you how do you get off that's a great question how do you get out of that how do you stop blowing yeah so with the the interlock device in your car um you have to get a private company to install it honestly i tell people that have really nice cars you want to get a like a bang-up car because it can really mess with your systems um sometimes the installation you want to go to a certified installer because if you get some janky like back alley person installing it they can mess up with all of your systems in your car then you might get pulled over again because it might turn your headlights off um so you want to make sure you have a certified interlock provider put it in your car um the ignition won't start unless you blow into the device and then they are reading it so these things are pretty sophisticated it has like a little tube that you blow into that measures your bac and then they've got a camera mounted on the dash so they are looking at you when you're blowing into it this is a big deal because if you get in your car and you're drunk and you ask your passenger to blow into it for you they will see that they're gonna see it they take pictures good luck yeah so you'll be on candid camera there we go um but to get it out of your car you have to talk to your interlock provider and say hey am i able to get off early they'll send a note to the dmv and they'll say we have not had any issues with this person we're good with them getting off early and then the dmv will process that so it's kind of a joint effort yeah yeah yeah that's good to know um"

Alexis explains: "but personally intoxilizers in your car kind of scare me because you have to blow into them while you're driving um and anytime it dings you have to blow and you have to blow long on hard enough which this sounds kind of dirty we are live talking about blowing into things in the car um so but you have to make sure that you've got the breath behind it to support it you have to make sure that you don't have anything that could register as alcohol going on either i've actually had clients who a lot of you may know about the keto diet where you're trying to eat only like a high fat diet yeah you actually produce a lot of acetone in your breath when you're on that diet and that can register as a heart attack yeah yeah it's crazy so there are a lot of different components even though there are some basic tips that we can give you guys for duis there are a lot of different nuances with that but for the most part um someone with an intoxilyzer in their car is going to be going for it's called an interlock but um with an interlock device they'll be looking at any anywhere between four to four months to 24 months depending on the severity okay and then"

Alexis explains: "use that against you the actual intoxilizer test is down at the police station so the cops will have to take you from your car to the police station where they do a very long process for the intoxilizer um what they do is they have like a 20 minute deprivation period meaning you have to sit there for 20 minutes not putting anything in your mouth not drinking or eating anything so that they get a clear read and then what they're going to do is have you breathe into it they're going to take a break and then they're going to have you breathe into it again that is an actual result and that will get you your bac or your blood alcohol content results immediately if it comes back above a 0.08 for that intoxilizer test they're going to take your license away but"

Alexis explains: "again if people call us we can go to the dmv ask them to reinstate their license and they can get their license back within 30 to 60 days so long as we are able to get that dmv hearing in time now what's really really important to understand is if you refuse a breath test or a blood test or you take a breath test you only have seven days from the time you get pulled over to the time that your license is gonna be completely revoked you only have seven days to request that dmv hearing if you miss the deadline for the request you don't have a license for a year so that really stinks that's why we're always telling our clients call us as soon as you get pulled over yeah for"

Right Law Group's guide explains: "A DUI has a lot of moving parts. According to the Colorado Department of Transport, the average DUI lawyer cost in Colorado is $3,650."

Right Law Group's guide explains: "According to the Colorado Department of Transport, the average DUI lawyer cost in Colorado is $3,650."

Right Law Group's guide explains: "first-offense DUIs in Colorado cost an average of $13,530 when all the costs are tallied."