DUI

Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the State of Tennessee is a serious offense that carries with it some severe consequences. You may face criminal penalties if you have been arrested for DUI – penalties that can affect your future and your bank account. When it is all said…

Breath tests are used by law enforcement, typically the police officer who stops you, to determine your blood alcohol level (BAC). If your BAC is .08 more, then the Tennessee law provides that you are guilty per se of driving under the influence. While a BAC below .08 does not qualify as a per se…

If the police have reasonable grounds to believe you were driving while intoxicated, they will pull you over and ask you to submit to field sobriety tests. If you fail the field sobriety tests, then you will likely be arrested and asked to take a breathalyzer test. In Tennessee, drivers give their implied consent to…

Driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics is a very serious charge. Convictions can result in jail time, increased insurance premiums, license suspension, and other consequences. In DUI cases, experienced Tennessee lawyers will focus on whether the police had grounds to stop you. If the stop was legitimate, they will contest the validity of…

Channel 6 ABC reported in February, 2019, that Tennessee lawmakers are seeking to increase the penalties for repeat DUI offenders. Under a new bill, proposed by Tennessee state senator Todd Gardenhire, drivers who are convicted of a second driving under the influence charge will spend at least 11 months and 29 days (the maximum allowed…

Tennessee, much like the federal government, has been working towards criminal justice reform. The state has changed some laws when it comes to clearing your record, such as allowing people to clear up to two convictions, and reducing the costs associated with expungement. Despite these changes, however, laws regarding driving under the influence were never…

Many people suspected of a DUI think that simple things like chewing on a mint can help defeat a breath test. People also think they know more about impaired driving than they really do. If you are convicted of a DUI, you could be sentenced to jail, lose your license, be ordered to pay substantial…

In Tennessee, any driver who is convicted of a driving under the influence of alcohol charge will be ordered to surrender his/her license for at least one year. Any driver who refuses to submit to a chemical test such as breathalyzer test will also lose driving privileges for at least one year. All Tennessee drivers…

It has been six years since a Chattanooga woman filed a lawsuit disputing the Constitutionality of DUI testing fees in Tennessee. On August 24, 2018, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, finding that the $250 fine associated with DUI testing was within the law. According to the Memphis…

On May 17, 2018 a Greene County deputy’s cruiser was hit by a woman driving a 2015 Dodge minivan. The incident took place in Telford, Tennessee when Angela Gillis, 45, collided with the cruiser on US Highway 11E at about 2 AM. At the time the crash occurred, the deputy and his partner were transporting…