 Hi, I'm David Cantor and I'm with the law officers of David Michael Cantor and welcome to Arizona criminal law TV What I'm going to talk to you about today is what to do if you're stopped for a DUI? I get asked this question all the time If an officer stops you and says sir you've been drinking the answer You're going to give is the same answer you'd give to sir Did you rob a bank or sir did he kill 10 people? You're going to say I'm not going to answer any questions or do any tests until I talked to my lawyer now By saying that you didn't lie and you didn't confess you said let me talk to my lawyer now If the officer gets you out and says let me look at your eyes follow the light follow the pen you say stop Am I free to go officer if I'm not then I want to talk to my lawyer Don't do any field sobriety tests. Don't do the eye test. Don't answer questions Just simply say I wish to talk to my lawyer now if he says I'm going to have to arrest you because I smell alcohol He was going to arrest you anyway So you say whatever, but I need to talk to my lawyer He'll take you down to the station you call preferably us and we'll talk to you Then he'll ask you for a sample of your blood in Arizona If you don't provide the sample you lose your license for a year and on top of that They'll get a warrant and they'll draw your blood forcibly if they have to so we normally say on a first offense Go ahead and give that blood sample and then asked to be released to go to a hospital and get an independent blood test Normally, they'll cut you loose you get into a cab and you can go get that test if you wish In essence the officer can now say I saw him weave once I pulled him over. He smelled of alcohol He gave me a blood sample and I released him. That's all the officer will be able to tell a jury Can't comment on your right to remain silent because that's your fifth amendment, right? So it limits their evidence down to just whatever the chemical test is Keep in mind. It's always better to reduce the evidence that you're giving them because they will say I saw x y and z and they will tend to Stretch what they saw or exaggerate and that's always a problem So if you simply say nope, I wish to talk to my lawyer It greatly reduces what they can claim that you did that night