Altmar, NY DWI and DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

The booking video is available to you through discovery, which the ADA must provide to the defendant. If you cannot afford a private attorney, the court will provide one for you for a nominal fee. It is extremely difficult to represent yourself for any court proceeding, especially a trial. The court will not afford you any slack or understanding for not knowing the Rules of Evidence & Procedure. You wouldn't even know how to present the booking video into evidence if you had it, most likely. If you didn't know the correct procedure, the ADA could object and keep it out of evidence.

There are very few videos in colorado, but you can contact the police agency that arrested you and request all police reports, audio and video. It will cost you 10-50 bucks, but they may say you have to get it from the DA since you refused, you face DMV action. Request a hearing as soon as possible. If you have been served with a Notice of Revocation, then you have 7 days to request a hearing. Please do that immediately by going to your local DMV office, tell them you got a DUI and you want to request a hearing. They will give you a form. Do not request the officer. We can do that later if we choose to, but most often it means you will lose. The receipt DMV gives you allows you to drive until the day of the hearing. Representation begins when client pays attorney an agreed upon retainer and returns a signed fee agreement.

You will be charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree for the Molly. Did you do a blood or urine test? If yes and it shows drugs you can be charged with DUI under VTL 1192.4. Even if you didn't take a test you can still be charged for DUI depending on the Police Officer's observations of you. I suggest you hire a good criminal defense lawyer.