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Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, or HGN Test, Used in a DUI

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, or HGN Test, Used in a DUI

If you are pulled over for DUI in Arizona, and an officer suspects that you may have been drinking, chances are the officer will administer the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test, or “HGN test”.

Mainly referred to by its acronym, the HGN test is part of a battery of three standardized field sobriety tests used by police officers in Arizona and throughout the United States for DUI investigations.
Keep reading below to understand your rights and how our goal is to get your DUI dismissed.

Arizona Drug Threshold Amounts

Arizona Drug Threshold Amounts

Arizona drug threshold amounts are critical in the prosecution of drug crimes within the state. If law enforcement assumes that you are in possession of a certain quantity of drugs, they may accuse you of intent to distribute or sell. However, having a certain amount of drugs found in your possession does not always mean you are guilty of drug trafficking or distribution.

How to Manipulate the Blood and Breath Test Results Below the Legal Limit

How to Manipulate the Blood and Breath Test Results Below the Legal Limit

Inherent in a blood test is a 5% margin of error according to the prosecutor’s own expert witness. However, our expert will testify that there is a 10% margin of error in the instrument. This means the BAC can be 10% higher, lower, or anywhere in between the reported value. The prosecutor has the burden of proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, the defendant gets the benefit of the doubt that the reading is 10% lower.

Arizona Criminal Speeding Ticket & Charges of Excessive Speed

Arizona Criminal Speeding Ticket & Charges of Excessive Speed

Arizona criminal speeding tickets are one of the most common traffic violations. You can get a criminal speeding ticket for exceeding 85 miles per hour, or 20 miles over the posted speed limit. There are also criminal speeding tickets possible if you are going more than 35 miles an hour near a school zone.

In Arizona, criminal speeding is a Class 3 misdemeanor that identifies a speeding violation as a criminal infraction under Arizona Revised Statutes 28-701.02.

This article will talk about how to avoid criminal speeding in Arizona and what happens when you do receive a criminal speeding ticket there.

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