The law firm of Nichols & Tucker has extensive legal defense experience in Maine drunk driving cases representing citizens accused of operating under the influence — also referred to as OUI, DUI, and DWI. If you have been charged with drunk driving, your driver’s license and/or right to operate a motor vehicle in the State of Maine may be in jeopardy prior to your first court date. You should contact an attorney immediately to protect your rights. Nichols & Tucker provides free initial consultations to discuss the facts of your OUI, DUI, or DWI case. From experience, we know the majority of Maine drunk driving cases can be successfully resolved without the need of a jury trial, but see below for descriptions of some of our OUI cases that did:
| Charge: | Blood/Alcohol Content: | Issues: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case 1: | Scarborough OUI Arrest | .14% BAC | Interfering Chemicals |
| Case 2: | OUI Arrest: Driving a Motorcycle | .15% BAC | Improper Administration of Breath Test |
| Case 3: | Prior OUI Conviction | REFUSAL | Lack of Credibility of Police and Lay Witnesses |
| Case 4: | OUI Arrest with Police Negligence | .21% BAC | Improper Calibration of Intoxilyzer and Lack of Credibility of Police |
| Case 5: | “Erratic Operation” OUI Case | .17% BAC | Radio Frequency Interference-Cell Phone |
| Case 6: | Acid Reflux Disease Case | .15% BAC | Acid Reflux Disease |
| Case 7: | Large Truck OUI Case | REFUSAL | Police Misconduct |
| Case 8: | Breath Test “Lack of Specificity” Case | .14% BAC | Interfering Chemicals |
| Case 9: | Slurred Speech OUI Case | REFUSAL | Lack of Credibility of Police |
| Case 10: | Residual Mouth Alcohol Case | .15% BAC | Chewing Tobacco in Mouth and Lack of Credibility of Police |
| Case 11: | Unreliable OUI Test | .09% BAC | Improper Administration of Intoxilyzer |
| Case 12: | Test Margin of Error Case | .10% BAC | Retrograde Extrapolation-Recent Alcohol Consumption |
| Case 13: | Admitted Drinking OUI Case | .17% BAC | Bleeding Gums, Residual Mouth Alcohol, Periodontal Disease |
| Case 14: | Blacked Out OUI Case | REFUSAL | 3rd Offense, Prosecutorial Incompetence |
| Case 15: | Third OUI Offense | REFUSAL | 3rd Offense, Lack of Credibility of Police |
| Case 16: | Prescription Medicine and Alcohol Case | .05% BAC | Exclusion of evidence of consumption of prescription drugs |
| Case 17: | Field Sobriety Test Performance Case | REFUSAL | Validity of field sobriety tests/requested attorney for breath test |
| Case 18: | Masonry Chemicals Interference Case | .16% BAC | Interfering chemicals |
| Case 19: | Required 15-Minute Observation Period | .17% BAC | Fifteen minute observation period. Residual mouth alcohol contamination |
| Case 20: | Nonresident OUI Case | REFUSAL | Good driving vs. poor field sobriety tests |
| Case 21: | OUI Case: Incriminating Evidence Supressed | REFUSAL | Motion to suppress evidence, zero tolerance, prior conviction, refusal |
| Case 22: | OUI Test Interference: Chewing Tobacco (Dip) | .16% BAC | Chewing tobacco, lack of credibility of police, invalid sample, residual mouth alcohol |
| Case 23: | Refusal of Intoxilyzer Test | REFUSAL | Lack of operation of motor vehicle, refusal, lack of credibility of lay witnesses |
| Case 24: | Cell Phone Interference OUI Test | .12% BAC | Radio frequency interference, residual mouth alcohol |
| Case 25: | Casco Bay Bridge OUI | .10% BAC | Margin of error, validity of field sobriety tests |
| Case 26: | Passed Field Sobriety Test | .10% BAC | Margin of error, validity of field sobriety tests |
| Case 27: | OUI Arrest in a Hyperglycemic State | .19% BAC | Diabetes, hyperglycemia and interfering chemicals, commercial |
| Case 28: | Police Negligence: Skewed Breathalyzer Test | .19% BAC | Poor testing, DVD proof |
| Case 29: | OUI – Refusal | REFUSAL | How does an Intoxylizer work? |
| Case 30: | Out-of-State Driver OUI | REFUSAL | Lack of Credibility of Police Officer |