If you’re planning on heading out this New Year’s Eve in Vegas, be careful. Metro Police are on high alert this season. 8 News Now has reported that deadly crashes are up 30%, hit and run deaths are double, the total number of traffic collisions is 14% higher, fatal crashes…
If you have been charged with drunk driving in Nevada, there is a lot on the line. A conviction could mean that you get fired from your job, lose your driver’s license, pay heavy fines, serve jail time, and it could hinder other opportunities like applying for housing or finding…
You’re really excited about Spring Break this year. You have been studying endlessly and you just need to unwind a little before getting back to your schoolwork. You have mounting pressures as you start to think more about your career and what you will do after you graduate from college….
Can I refuse a standardized field sobriety test? A person can refuse to do the standardized field sobriety test or other evidentiary tests when they are stopped for DUI. However, they need to understand that when they refuse to do that, there are serious implications to their license. Under Nevada…
What are the changes to Nevada DUI law? The Nevada legislature changed somethings in the DUI law. One of the things that they changed is the impact that it has on your license. If you arrested for a 0.08 violation, meaning you have a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or…
When someone’s arrested for a DUI they actually have an option to consent to a blood evidentiary test, a blood or breath evidentiary test. However, under Nevada law, if they refuse to do a blood or breath test they could actually lose their license for one year. Now when they…
What happens after my third DUI offense? When someone’s arrested in Nevada for a third DUI offense they’re looking at a felony conviction. They have a potential prison sentence of one to six years and it is not probation-able meaning a person will not be able to be out during…
What happens when you get a DUI? When someone is arrested for a DUI, there’s actually several things that go on at the same time. There is the issue regarding their license and then the criminal issue regarding whether they’re going to be going to jail or have a criminal…
March Madness, the NCAA college basketball tournament, starts this week. March Madness is the college equivalent to the NFL Super Bowl. Fans from all over the flock to the tournament, which is hosted in Houston, Texas, this year. Those fans, who are unable to attend the tournament in person, attend…
Under NRS 484C.160, Nevada’s implied consent law previously allowed a police officer to use “reasonable force” to obtain a warrantless sample of blood from the person who refused to consent. After the most recent changes in the Nevada DUI laws, now an officer can only make the request that the driver…
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