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Arizona Extreme DUI: The Out of State Visitor Dilemma

By Lawrence Koplow, Esq.

The harsh penalties for an Arizona extreme DUI conviction have been well chronicled in this blog.  However, what happens when we apply these penalties to people who were only visiting Arizona and charged with DUI? One could take the view: who cares?  When people come to "our state" and commit crimes, they deserve whatever they get.  On the other hand, you could look at what I believe are the unintended effects of these penalties on visitors to Arizona.  Moreover, these unintended consequences really demonstrate the disconnect between what should be the goals of the law (deterrence) and the means (more jail) used to carry out those goals. Here are some basic facts.  First, for obvious reasons, we get a lot of visitors to Arizona...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arizona DUI Defense Blog on November 18, 2009 (boomark / email).