If you enter an Indiana DUI checkpoint, provide the required driving documents (Driver’s License, registration and proof of insurance) and stay polite. You generally do not have to answer investigatory questions about drinking or your evening and you do not need to...
Yes. In Indiana, your driver’s license can be suspended before you are convicted of DUI/OVWI. A judge can trigger a pretrial suspension after finding probable cause. This license action is separate from whether you are ultimately convicted of the criminal charge. The...
Yes. Field sobriety test results can be challenged in an Indiana OVWI case. Officers must properly instruct, administer, observe, and score standardized tests. Medical conditions, footwear, road conditions, weather, traffic, anxiety, and mistakes by the officer can...
An Indiana DUI case can be challenged by attacking the stop, field tests, chemical testing, alcohol timing, or officer credibility. An arrest does not guarantee a conviction. Each defense depends on the reports, videos, testing records, medical history, and timeline....
A first-time DUI in Indianapolis is usually charged as an Indiana OVWI misdemeanor. The maximum penalty can reach one year in jail and a $5,000 fine. Most first-time Marion County cases instead involve probation, court costs, license consequences, classes, and legal...
