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In most states, if you cannot afford a lawyer, a public defender can be appointed to represent you. You would have to be deemed financially qualified for the public defender by the judge in your case. You would not be able to obtain any video until you requested for it, and paid for it, during the pretrial discovery process. If you get a lawyer, the lawyer should request all discovery, including any video that exists.

There are limitations on the State's time to charge you with any crime including a DUI. However, if a warrant was issued in 2009, that would indicate that you were charged back in 2009. You may have some standing to contest this if you can show that the state was somehow negligent in its attempt to notify you of the charges. Otherwise, the fact that the warrant has been active for 3 1/2 years is not due to their misconduct and they can continue to pursue the charges.

Let's leave the word "grab" out of it, unless you have proof that it was anything other than a pat-down. If the officer had reason to believe that the suspect may have had a hidden weapon, then she has the right to make a reasonable search.