When the government charges someone with a misdemeanor DUI in Arizona, there are a number of charges that come along with it.
There is usually never just a single Arizona DUI charge.
In other words, you did not have to be above the legal limit of alcohol, which is .08 in Arizona, the state to convict you of driving under the influence.Ironically, if you have a very good tolerance to alcohol you could potentially beat this charge by saying your high tolerance allowed you to drive without any affect, regardless of how high the blood alcohol concentration actually was.
If the state convicts you of this charge, the minimum time in jail is one day in custody.In a driving under the influence charge only, the blood test results by themselves are not dispositive.
The first kind of evidence the government will use is the police officer’s observations.
The police officer will testify as to how he saw the accused drive and how he saw the accused behaved once he got out of the car.The testimony is always right out of the NHTSA playbook, practically memorized.