So you just arrived home from spending a weekend in jail. You are confused and want to limit the damage it will take on your life and family. You will need someone to represent you. Follow this checklist of notes to take right now while it is still fresh. Having these notes will give your attourney a better chance of reducing your damages.
- When were you notified by the officer you are under arrest?
- Did the police read you Miranda right, at what point were they read to you. Did you waive your Miranda rights? Did you say anything to the officer arresting you
- Did they put you in cuffs? At what point did they put cuffs on you. Did the police injure you witb their handcuffs
- Was your vehicle searched? Did they find anything in that search. Can anythibg they found be used against you?
- Did you request a lawyer for Clark County to speak for you. Did they offer a local Nevada lawyer.
- Had you been on any Medications. Were medications denied to you. Any possible perscription drug imparement.
- Any mental health history in you or your family.
- Did the arresting cops give a breatelizer test to you. Did you accept the breathelizer. Did they force you to give blood or urine sample.
- Did the police disrupt your breathing patterns when taking the breath test. Did they make it harder for you to breathe.
- Has your diet or what you ate that day differ or cause you to be more impaired. Could a resturaunt serve you excessive alchohol to cause this DUI.
- How much sleep have you had within the last couple days. Has your schedule changed.
- What kind of physical difficulties do you have. Did the police make you take a field sobriety test even tho you are disabled.
- How many times did you perform the breathelizer test
- Did the cops make you hold your breathe before giving the breath test.
- How many different machines were used during the DUI mouth test.
Make note of your situation in all these questions. The police will sometimes make you do things not physically possible for the disabled. Make notes of your mental and physical state at the time you were pulled over. Be sure to contact a Clark county Lawyer to represent you in Las Vegas or Henderson.
