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TIMELINE Per Se Matters with Commissioner of Motor Vehicles I. Scheduling a Per Se Hearing Initial hearing to determine license suspension is scheduled upon request of operator, & must be requested within 7 days of date of mailing of notice of suspension. (1) With good cause, hearing officer or operator can request a continuance of up to 15 days. (2)The attorney for operator can request in writing a 2d continuance if there is a conflicting court appearance. (3)Further continuances can be granted upon written certification to Commissioner of facts surrounding need for continuance II. After Hearing If Commissioner fails to…Read More
If there is a Person on the road driving like crazy then maybe he’s drunk. Police Dispatch sends out a trooper or police officer and he sees this guy driving erratically; he pulls him over and then arrests him. Generally that would be a good stop. Here’s the other situation. Concerned citizen calls, police officer goes out, guy’s not driving erratically, the officer just pulls him over and detains him. Often Times the Information Provided By an Informant Leads To an Arrest or a Stop Often times there is a situation in which there is an informant who gives the…Read More
MEMORANDUM OF LAW Alcohol Education Program (AEP) Vs. Youthful Offender Program (YO) On December 17, 2004, A Boy was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-227a. At the time of his arrest, The Boy was seventeen years old. The Boy has applied for examination to determine youthful offender status. The State objects on the basis that The Boy must apply to the pretrial alcohol education program and is not eligible for youthful offender status. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-76b defines a “youthful offender” as a person between 16 and 18 who…Read More
A Resource is a tool that you use to help yourself. It is an aid and to my way of thinking, an educational aid. You use it to learn so that you better understand what it is I am talking about. The area of DUI has progressed from socially acceptable drinking to socially acceptable jail time. You need to know your rights and what it is that you are facing. It gets very complicated and you need all of the help you can get. You need a lawyer! Check out the law, the penalties and what it is that you…Read More