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Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
Conviction of drunk driving has severe consequences on your job, your
family, your auto insurance, and your lifestyle. New Mexico is
notorious for vigorous enforcement of driving while intoxicated or
otherwise impaired laws. None of us want drunken persons driving
vehicles, and we support this broad principle. |
DWI & Criminal
Law
Sometimes, the evidence of guilt may be so compelling that a client
wants to enter a plea agreement to resolve the matter as quickly as
possible. Mr. Samore uses his knowledge and experience to obtain
dismissals and verdicts of "not guilty" by guarding the rights of the
accused. He uses his vast background and respectful relationship
with prosecutors and law enforcement agents to get the most reasonable
dispositions for every client. |
| These laws are designed to protect us
all, but sometimes they may be
too aggressively applied or unfairly applied. Our office is
qualified through both trials and annual attorney educational updates
to provide a vigorous defense; we understand the requirements for an
authorized stop, qualified administration of Intoxilyzer test, the
outrageous manner in which field sobriety tests are conducted and
designed to make even the most sober person fail. You will
understand these concepts, too, and your individual rights assorted,
and the requirements for hearings, and (if necessary) the penalties and
Interlock driving requirements. |
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300
Central
Avenue
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Albuquerque, NM 87102-3298
phone:
(505)
244-0450
email:
office@samorelaw.com
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John
F.M.
Samore
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How can John Samore help you with your DUI/DWI
case?
Mr. Samore can be very selective with those DUI cases he takes, and has
a good
record of favorable results for his clients. In the past ten
years,
eighty percent (80%) were found "not guilty" or had the charges
dismissed.
Although biased news coverage, public pressure groups like MADD, the
changing law and various recent legal presumptions can make it very
difficult for someone accused of DUI to get a fair trial, Mr. Samore is
agressive in the early stages of the
prosecution to develop reasonable challenges to the manner in which the
driver was stopped or evidence maintained. Many police, while
well-intentioned, are so eager to get someone arrested, they go on a
simple hunch (or wait outside a bar business) instead of waiting to
develop genuine, legal grounds to stop a car. This eagerness can
form
the basis for a Motion to Suppress Evidence, in which John Samore seeks
a dismissal of the prosecution from a fair-minded judge.
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Copyright
2009-2011,
John
F.
M.
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| Another sensible concern
is the distortions which can occur in the
way Field Sobriety Tests are administered. These "FST's" are the
physical tests that officers give drivers while they stand at the
roadside in the dark. The officers want the judge and jury to
think
physical coordination is highly relevant to whether a person can drive
safely in traffic. You need a capable lawyer that understands how
this
generous inference can be shown to be inaccurate. |
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