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What to Do in Michigan DUI Court

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Long before you appear in court for the first time, you should consult with potential defense attorneys to represent you in your case. Do not rely upon friends or family members to give you legal advice, even if they have been through the DUI process. Friends and family are good for moral support, but they do not have the experience of hundreds of drunk driving cases.

Selecting the right attorney is critically important. Again, do not rely upon friends and family members for help in this decision. Your best friend's attorney that helped him win big money against a local retailer in a slip and fall injury is not a good choice. Your uncle's business lawyer is also a poor choice. Instead, research possible attorneys, visit the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., and look for attorneys that specialize in drunk driving defense work. This is a highly technical area of law that most attorneys occasionally dip into to make a quick dollar, but an effective defense requires a dedicated drunk driving defense attorney.

An experienced, aggressive attorney will secure discoverable evidence long before your court appearance. Particularly in cases of OWI 2nd and OWI 3rd charges, the first court appearance may not occur for months following the traffic stop. By that time, important evidence such as videotapes and audio logs may have been lost, destroyed, or recycled by the police.

Time is of the essence in drunk driving charges. Evidence has a way of becoming scarce after too much time has elapsed. The more carefully a lawyer is able to scrutinize the evidence of your specific case, the more the attorney will be armed with tools for your defense. It is always wise to appear with an attorney from the first appearance onward with drunk driving/dui/ouil offenses in michigan.

When a driver is first arrested, they are required to stay in jail from 4 to 24 hours defendent on the blood alcohol level. Thereafter, they will be arraigned to determine bond. This is an Interim Bond Hearing. The arrestee should stand mute or plead not guilty. Thereafter, the court will set an arraignment date, usually witnin 7 days of arrest. In many jurisdictions, courts will allow an attorney to waive an arraignment by filing an appearance. in the event that the arrestee is unable to acquire an attorney by arraignment, he or she should stand mute or plead not guilty and also indicate whether or not he/she intends to hire an attorney or take one at public expense

The client should always bring a lawyer with him or her to EVERY Court appearance, and this includes the arraignment. This way there will be no surprises relative to the scheduling of bond and so forth. Also, most Courts in Michigan will allow the first appearance, the arraignment, to be waived upon the filing of a document called a “waiver of arraignment”. Consequently, it is best to retain an attorney well before this first scheduled Court appearance. The first appearance of import will be the pretrial, and both the attorney and client will appear for this hearing. It is important to obtain all discovery materials (police narrative reports, videotape, dispatch records, datamaster maintenance and calibration logs, etc.) prior to this first pretrial. The client should have ample opportunity to review these materials with the attorney prior to this date so that the case can be fully evaluated, and a “defense strategy” developed.

Before appearing in court you should try to find representation. If that is not possible, at the arraignment, enter a plea of not guilty and let the court know that you will be retaining an attorney.

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