(702) 834-6300 Driving Under the Influence in Las Vegas

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Las Vegas is taken very seriously because it causes deaths every year.  The problem is, of course, you may have thought you were perfectly fine to drive when you were pulled over by the police officer and then arrested.

There are reasons this may be the case.  Perhaps you were not drunk.  Perhaps the breathalyzer was wrong.  In any case, because driving under the influence is a crime, the government prosecutor is going to have to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that your blood alcohol content was above the legal limit. You therefore need a criminal defense attorney that handles DUIs to check the evidence and look for reasonable doubt.

Speeding 10-20 over the limit

If you receive a simple speeding citation in Henderson, Las Vegas, Boulder City, Lake Mead, Mt. Charleston, or Red Rock Canyon and you were cited for going 10 to 20 miles over the posted speed limit, give me a call.  For a very reasonable legal fee, I can save you a bunch of time and stress.  I routinely handle traffic citations all over Clark County and will be able to help you get your traffic ticket resolved.  Most of the time, I get the criminal speeding charge reduced to a parking citation with not points on the driving record.  Call me.

Remember, for misdemeanor crimes, you will not get a court appointed public defender.  If you want a criminal defense attorney to represent your interests, you will have to hire one in private practice. 

Traffic Ticket help -- Quick, Cheap, and Easy

You can get traffic citations in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Clark County, Boulder City, and Federal Jurisdiction, such as Lake Mead, Red Rock, and Mt. Charleston.

When a the police gives you a traffic citation  and you plead guilty to the traffic violation by simply paying it, not only do you pay your fine, and attend traffic school, but you have the following additional punishments to endure related to pleading guilty to a traffic citation.  

•          Multiple convictions for traffic violations probably will result in a driver’s license suspension or license revocation. In Nevada, if you are convicted of driving with a suspended license, you may 
be restricted from getting a new license for a full year.

•       Each conviction for a moving violation probably will raise your insurance rates. 

•          If you have a commercial driver’s license (CDL), you may lose your license and the ability to earn a living.  

•          If you were involved in an automobile accident, and the police issued you a traffic ticket, and you are subsequently sued civilly for the accident, the conviction may be used in the civil lawsuit to show that you were negligent per se.

•          If you take care of the traffic ticket by yourself, you will probably be forced to take at least one day off from work to go to court to resolve the traffic ticket. 

As a result of a simple speeding ticket, you will likely pay fines, court administrative fees, increased insurance costs, and attend traffic school. Furthermore, you could suffer possible suspension or revocation of you driver’s license. If your Nevada license is suspended, you will not be able to obtain a license in any other State until the Nevada suspension is completed. On top of this, you will need to miss a whole day’s pay from work just to go to court. You are not alone in not knowing this.  Few Las Vegans understand the traffic citation process and that a traffic violation is a crime which you will have to plead guilty, not guilty, or no contest to. 

So, how can you likely prevent the headaches associated with the above for some minor traffic infraction?  You hire a criminal defense attorney with experience negotiating citations quick, easy, and cheap.  David Jacks has negotiated many plea deals for misdemeanor traffic citations and will bring his knowledge to the court for your matter. You will do little more than pay his cheap legal fee, give him a copy of the traffic ticket, and then pay the fine to the court upon a negotiated deal.  David can work to get you time to pay your fine off too. When you say to yourself, I need a traffic ticket lawyer, call us.

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(702) 834-6300

Crosswalk paint won't stop a dangerous driver...

A 19 year old woman was just killed by a 26 year old man in Henderson, Nevada.  The woman was walking across a crosswalk on Boulder Highway and Corn Street when the man, driving on a revoked driver’s license, struck and killed her according to the August 18, 2012 Las Vegas Review Journal. 

Following the fatal accident, "Henderson police arrested Ricky J. Bonilla, 26, of Las Vegas, on a charge of driving with a revoked license, which was revoked for a previous conviction of driving while intoxicated."

This news report tells us several things, including that crosswalk paint will not stop inattentive driving from killing someone.  It also tells us that drivers are driving when they should not be and frequently fail to yield to pedestrians and bicyclists.  One question we are left with is whether the driver had insurance or assets sufficient to pay the woman's family for her wrongful death?  The answer is, probably not. Another question is whether this man will be punished appropriately for killing someone while driving on a revoked license and ignoring a crosswalk?

According to the article, this was the 13th automobile fatality in Henderson so far this year, making it on average of more than one per month.  Henderson police officers will probably be on heightened watch for people violating pedestrian right of way laws as well as drivers driving on revoked licenses.  Be on notice.

If you have been charged or arrested with violating the law, contact a criminal defense attorney immediately.

Remember, for misdemeanor crimes, you will not get a court appointed public defender.  If you want a criminal defense attorney to represent your interests, you will have to hire one in private practice.