Types of DUI – Alcohol-Related DUI, Marijuana DUI, Prescription Drug DUI, and Non-Prescription/Illegal Drug DUI.

Potential Impact – A DUI conviction in Connecticut can result in license suspension, substantial fines, increased insurance rates, mandatory alcohol or substance abuse education programs, installation of an ignition interlock device (IID), probation, and even jail time. Repeat offenses or aggravating factors, such as a high BAC or an accident, can lead to harsher penalties.

Defense Strategies – Challenging breathalyzer and blood test results, field sobriety tests, police procedures, and improper stops.

Potential Impact – A BUI conviction in Connecticut can lead to boating privilege suspension, substantial fines, mandatory boating safety or alcohol education programs, probation, and even jail time. Penalties may increase for repeat offenses or if the incident involves an accident, injury, or property damage.

Unique Challenges – Unlike DUI cases, BUI enforcement takes place on the water, where law enforcement relies on field sobriety tests, breathalyzers, and officer observations to determine impairment. However, wind, waves, sun exposure, and boat movement can affect coordination and test results, making these cases more complex to challenge.

Defense Strategies – Challenging questionable stops, faulty testing, and legal issues unique to boating laws.

Possession – Having illegal drugs, including narcotics, marijuana (over legal limits), or prescription drugs without a prescription.

Drug-Free Zones – Being charged with a drug offense near a school, daycare, or public housing can result in enhanced penalties.

Prescription Fraud – Obtaining or distributing prescription medications illegally

Defense Strategies – Examining search and seizure issues, evidence handling and procedural errors.

Common Charges – Simple assault, breach of peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful restraint, and rioting.

Potential Impact – Fines, probation, lasting effects on employment and reputation, and even jail time.

Defense Strategies – Arguing self-defense, disproving allegations, and presenting mitigating circumstances.

Common Charges – Domestic assault, harassment, stalking, strangulation, and violating a protective order.

Potential Impact – Protective orders, mandatory counseling, separation from family, probation, and even jail time.

Defense Strategies – Investigating false accusations, lack of evidence, and proving self-defense.

Common Charges- Shoplifting, forgery, embezzlement, extortion, criminal trespass, burglary, and criminal mischief (vandalism).

Potential Impact – Fines, probation, difficulty securing employment or housing, and even jail time.

Defense Strategies – Challenging misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and lack of intent.

Common Charges – Possession of firearm, ammunition, or stun gun; unlawful discharge of firearm; illegal sale or transfer; carrying a gun without a permit; possession of a dangerous weapon (such as brass knuckles, switchblades, blackjacks, or tasers); and illegal possession of a weapon in a vehicle.

Potential Impact – Fines, firearm and weapon forfeiture, loss of gun rights for felony convictions, and even jail time.

Defense Strategies – Examining ownership rights, licensing issues, and illegal searches.

Financial Charges – Forgery, embezzlement, credit card fraud, and identity theft.

Potential Impact – Fines, restitution, probation, career damage, even jail time. Discretion and reputation management are key in this type of defense.

Defense Strategies – Investigating accounting errors, disputed transactions, and lack of intent.

Traffic Violations – Reckless driving, evading responsibility (hit-and-run), driving under suspension, or operating without a license.

Felony Charges – Repeat DUI, evading responsibility with injury, and illegal use of a motor vehicle.

Defense Strategies – Challenging evidence, procedural violations, and mitigating penalties.

Common Charges – Public indecency, solicitation, loitering, and prostitution.

Potential Impact – Fines, probation, jail time, and damage to reputation.

Defense Strategies – Challenging arrests based on misinterpretation, lack of intent, or entrapment.

Common Charges – Interfering with an officer, failure to appear in court, misuse of 911, and blocking emergency calls.

Potential Impact – Fines, probation, and jail time for serious cases.

Defense Strategies – Challenging evidence, proving lack of intent, and exposing procedural violations.

Common Charges – Public intoxication, disorderly conduct while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, and intoxication assault.

Potential Impact – Fines, probation, and even jail time.

Defense Strategies – Examining officer observations, questioning sobriety tests, and proving misinterpretation.