The Truth about your Memphis and Shelby County DUI Case

November 19, 2007

Here is the truth of the situation if you are facing a DUI charge in Memphis:

  • Your fate lies in the facts of your case, not in some magical power of your lawyer.
  • It’s very possible that the police officer who arrested you is a specialist. In Shelby County the Sheriff’s department has a group called the Shelby County Metro D.U.I. units who’s sole purpose on the police force is to arrest and convict drunk drivers.
  • Anything and everything that occured and every word you said was probably recorded for viewing by a judge and jury in the event of a trial.
  • If you took a breathalyzer test like roughly 50% of those arrested, and you blew over .08% the officer doesn’t even have to testify in order for you to be convicted of DUI due to Tennessee’s DUI per se law.
  • 98% of the people charged and ticketed with a DUI offense in Memphis plead guilty to something.
  • It is extremely uncommon to take a DUI case to trial. Of the over 2,800 arrests for DUI in Memphis and Shelby County last year less than 20 went to trial.
  • Over 1/2 of those arrested for DUI in Memphis refused to take the breath test. Nearly everyone of them lost their license for at least a limited amount of time.
  • You need a Memphis DUI Lawyer to help you.

Posted by jami | Filed Under DUI, Memphis, Memphis DUI, Shelby County 

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