In your drunk driving court case, your Los Angeles DUI attorney will likely introduce several motions before your case goes to trial. If successful, these motions will you're your case by suppressing evidence and/or statements, providing more information about the prosecutor's case, making it possible for an independent expert to analyze your chemical test results, and allowing your Los Angeles DUI attorney to gather valuable information about the police officer who arrested you.

Some of the pretrial motions that may be employed in your Los Angeles DUI case include motions to suppress evidence, gain supplemental evidence through discovery, split blood or urine samples for independent testing, strike prior drinking and driving convictions, suppress statements made by the defendant, and what is known as a Pitchess motion - a request to gain access to the arresting officer's personnel file.

Your experienced Los Angeles DUI attorney will start considering pretrial motions during the initial review of your drunk driving case. Many requests for pretrial motion hearings can be made during your arraignment, and the judge will schedule a hearing for a later date. If you're facing a felony Los Angeles DUI charge, a motion to suppress can be introduced at your preliminary hearing only if your attorney has served the prosecutor with the written motion at least five court days prior to the hearing.

The issues your Los Angeles DUI attorney will weigh when considering pretrial motions in your case are whether or not your arrest was lawful, whether your chemical test results were accurate, whether you were given a Miranda warning before being questioned by police, whether the police officer who arrested you has received prior complaints, and, if you've accumulated any drunk driving convictions within the past 10 years, whether those can be stricken to reduce your potential punishment.

Pretrial motions are powerful tools for your Los Angeles DUI attorney to improve your outlook in your drunk driving case. A skilled Los Angeles DUI attorney from Lieber, Williams & Labin will thoroughly evaluate your drunk driving case to determine the most effective pretrial motions to use in your driving under the influence case.