Today I’m going to address a question I often receive from people who have been arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) in Delaware. The question is, “How can I be arrested for DUI when they didn’t even give me a breath test?”...
Read MoreQUESTION: I got arrested for DUI in Delaware, or driving under the influence in Dover, Delaware, but I wasn’t driving. I was in the car and I was asleep. Can they arrest me for DUI even though I was not driving? ANSWER: The short answer is ye...
Read MoreThe short answer is, “It depends”! If you’re convicted of a DUI in Delaware, there is a mandatory loss of driver’s license. The length of revocation depends upon the blood alcohol content (BAC) and the DUI conviction itself; ...
Read MoreDelaware DUI Lawyer James M. “Matt” Stiller, Jr. has been selected for membership by the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys. The American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys has compiled information from Judges, Traffic Safety...
Read MoreIf you were arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI aka DWI) in the State of Delaware Wednesday, November 27 through Sunday, December 1, 2013, you will find that just about all the law firms are closed. Never fear – the Delaware DU...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware’s news webpage carried a story Wednesday stating that a DUI Checkpoint is planned for the vicinity of Newark, Delaware for this evening, September 6, 2013. The news story also indicated that 11 arrests were made at DUI checkpoin...
Read MoreThe Delaware Office of Highway Safety issued a press release stating that DUI checkpoints are scheduled for Newport and Rehoboth Beach Friday, August 30, 2013. It should be noted that DelawareOnline, as of the time of this post, was reporting that th...
Read MoreA friend forwarded this interesting article from 6 ABC in Arizona about DUI Checkpoints. The article is written to inform people of their rights when stopped at a DUI Checkpoint. It contains some useful information (for more detailed info about what ...
Read MoreThe National Transportation Safety Board issued a report on Tuesday recommending that states adopt a new Blood-Alcohol Concentration limit of .05 instead of .08. The recommendation indicated that the NTSB estimates reducing the legal BAC from ....
Read MoreSam Donaldson, veteran ABC News anchor, was arrested December 1, 2012 after a traffic stop on Savannah Road in Lewes, Delaware. Donaldson, 78, resides in Northern Virginia. According to news reports, Donaldson was operating his vehicle o...
Read MoreDelaware Checkpoint Strikeforce has checkpoints planned for this weekend: -Friday Oct. 26th Checkpoints will be conducted in Wilmington and in Georgetown, DE -Saturday Oct. 27th there will be a checkpoint in Wilmington conducted by the NcCo DU...
Read MoreCheckpoint Strikeforce has scheduled two Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Checkpoints in Delaware this weekend. There will be a DUI checkpoint in Christiana, Delaware on Friday, September 21, 2012. There will also be a drunk driving checkpoin...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware has announced two DUI checkpoints for tomorrow, Friday, September 14, 2012. The checkpoints are to be located in Newark, DE and in Magnolia, DE. According to an article on DelawareOnline today, the State of Delaware has a...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware erected a giant billboard on I-95 just South of Wilmington to let us all know how many DUI arrests are being made in our little state. When I saw this billboard, I was surprised at the number of DUIs reported. Two thousand ...
Read MoreThe Delaware Office of Highway Safety announced earlier this month that it will be coordinating stepped-up statewide St. Patrick’s Day weekend DUI enforcement March 16 and 17. DUI saturation patrols will be conducted by police in Clayton, Dover...
Read MoreIn Delaware on Superbowl Sunday 2012, we had two very unpatriotic DUI checkpoints. They are unpatriotic because in America, we are supposed to have freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution. One such freedom is the right to be free from unnecessary ...
Read MoreQuestion: Dear Delaware DUI Defender, My husband got arrested for DUI even though he wasn’t driving our car. He was asleep in the car on the side of the road. But he wasn’t driving. Can they do that? Answer: He can be arr...
Read MoreDon't drive drunk. I'm not posting the locations of DUI checkpoints to encourage drinking and driving. I am posting them in an effort to protest the State's encroachment onto the Constitutional rights of law abiding citizens. There is no ...
Read MoreAs you may know from my blog posts at https://www.schwartzandschwartz.com I believe that DUI checkpoints are an unconstitutional abuse of state power. DUI checkpoints stop all the citizens unlucky enough to be ensnared, regardless of whether they are...
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