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If you are found to be operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above 0.08 percent or when your faculties are impaired by alcohol in Carmel, Indiana, you can be charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI). This offense can result in time behind bars, hefty fines, and losing your driving privileges, even for a first offense. When facing such significant consequences, you need an experienced Carmel criminal defense lawyer for help.

How Can a Carmel DUI Defense Lawyer Help Me?

The Criminal Defense Team of Baldwin Perry & Wiley P.C. has over 100 years of combined legal experience. Our firm also includes four board-certified criminal trial specialists. We focus exclusively on criminal law, so we understand the intricacies and nuances of this highly complex area of law.

When you hire us, you get a collaborative team who can:

  • Review the charges against you and advise you of your legal rights
  • Investigate your case to identify weaknesses or mistakes in the prosecution’s case
  • Fight to have evidence suppressed or charges dismissed when legal grounds exist
  • Advise you of your legal options at each phase of the case
  • Negotiate for a favorable resolution of your case
  • Represent you at trial

Let our team build an aggressive defense on your behalf. Find out what it’s like to work with an award-winning law firm when you call us for a free case review.

Possible Defenses to OWI

Our OWI defense lawyers can carefully review your case to determine the most effective defenses we can raise. Depending on the circumstances, this could include arguing:

  • Lack of reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop – Law enforcement must have a valid reason to execute a lawful traffic stop. Typically, this requires that they have seen you commit a traffic offense or have reasonable suspicion that you have committed a crime. If we can prove the law enforcement officer lacked reasonable suspicion, we can move to exclude all evidence obtained during the stop.
  • Failing to follow appropriate protocols at DUI sobriety checkpoints – DUI sobriety checkpoints where law enforcement officers stop traffic to check for sobriety are legal in Indiana. However, law enforcement officers must follow strict protocols. If they fail to follow them, the arrest may be unjustified.
  • Not following field sobriety standards – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recognizes standardized field sobriety tests as a way to recognize signs of alcohol impairment. However, law enforcement officers must follow strict protocols for their findings to be reliable. If they do not provide proper instructions or do not follow certain steps, their underlying suspicions may be unjustified.
  • Failing to recognize other reasons for poor test performance – Factors other than intoxication can affect a person’s ability to perform field sobriety tests well. For example, the defendant may not speak the English language, suffer from various medical conditions, be drowsy, or not wearing the proper shoes.
  • Existence of testing problems – Issues can arise with the sample law enforcement uses to show you were intoxicated. For example, the machine may not be properly calibrated, or the sample could have been stored improperly.

Our board-certified criminal trial specialists know effective strategies to raise in your defense.

Contact Our Experienced OWI Defense Lawyers in Carmel for a Free Consultation

If you are facing OWI charges, contact The Criminal Defense Team today at (317) OUR-TEAM. We can discuss your situation during a free case review.