DUI

Try to imagine this – you’re pulled over on a Charleston or Columbia road after a long day, and the officer asks you to step out of the car for a field sobriety test. Your heart sinks because you know you have a medical condition that could make the test difficult, even though you haven’t…

“Reckless vehicular homicide” sounds like something the average, responsible Charleston driver shouldn’t need to worry about, right? Wrong. In fact, anyone who drives a car can find themselves on the wrong end of this criminal charge, regardless of how conscientious or reasonable they act. The fact is, automobiles are dangerous, and it’s common for even…

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is a serious offense with potentially severe consequences, and law enforcement agencies across South Carolina and the United States employ various strategies to address this issue. One such strategy is the implementation of DUI checkpoints, also known as sobriety checkpoints. These checkpoints are designed to identify and apprehend individuals operating…

If you are arrested for DUI in South Carolina, under most circumstances, you will be asked by the police to submit to a breath test. Breath test machines (South Carolina uses the Datamaster DMT) can give false positive results or overstate your blood alcohol content. This false result can help bolster the case for the…

Your friend’s child is in college and is arrested for DUI. Your friend calls you because you are a lawyer and you will know what to do. Will you? As a lawyer, you already know that it is important to determine when the court date is, and that will be on the ticket and the bond…

Anytime you’re arrested it’s in your best interest to hire a good criminal defense attorney to explain and protect your rights and fight for you. A driving under the influence arrest (DUI) can cause ripple effects that you never may have anticipated. Most of the time when people are pulled over and are asked to…

The South Carolina Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings (OMVH) hears your DUI administrative hearing. An administrative hearing determines whether your license should be suspended because your breath test result was .15 or more because you refused to submit to a breath test. It is not a hearing to determine if you should be found guilty…

My practice sees hundreds of clients each year facing DUI charges. For some, these arrests come as a result of being stopped at a DUI checkpoint. Unfortunately, I’ve found that many people are unaware of their constitutional and legal rights at a checkpoint, which can lead to unfair arrests. The short answer to whether or…