Reasonable Suspicion

“So the evidence that the prosecutor uses in DUI cases is really the totality of the case. That starts with the initial stop and the reason for it. So the initial stop is going to be what the officer saw that actually gave them reasonable suspicion to believe that a crime may have occurred.”

“So that starts with something related to driving. Generally speaking, not always, but generally. So weaving, not stopping at a at a stop sign, making a wide turn, things like that. Just enough so the officer has a reason to stop the vehicle.”

“another question that well just more give you guys information of what also comes along with dui charges do you just get pulled over you get a dui is it only people are also speeding is it are there typical general combined charges with that that is a great question i can talk all day about this i'll try to be brief yeah so the basic idea is the police cannot contact you without a reason um in legalese we call it reasonable articulable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot”

“but basically it's a reason the police have to have a reason to contact you um when they are out there are sometimes when the cops know that you're probably going to be driving drunk number one don't ever drive drunk we're not telling you to do that but if you are out there and you're doing something not smart just know they can set up dui checkpoints um a lot of the times that's happening at like big event times like st patrick's day and new year's eve but the police are also watching to see how people on the roads are driving and they're doing that at all times but especially at night usually they start really really watching for duis around three o'clock in the afternoon to about eight or nine in the morning so what they're looking for is they're looking for signs that someone is not”