Obviously a Denver criminal defense lawyer needs clients to eat. But I'd much rather my clients didn't get in trouble anyway. That's why it's interesting to see screwing up and getting a DUI isn't below even the richest and most famous among us. Here we see Jaguars draft pick Justin Blackmon got arrested and blew a .24. Basically, a young man with millions of dollars at stake is now in a lot of trouble (though most of his contract is guaranteed, and generally a DUI won't cause a big problem for a professional athlete). But he has seriously harmed his reputation at least for the moment, and for no real reason.
Mistake 1: don't do it.
I don't fully understand why a person with all the money in the world would be driving his own car home from a party. You can call a cab, call a limo, call a friend or a lover or whatever. Just don't drive home. As a sidenote, most NFL teams actually have car services on speed dial. You just call the service, and they'll make sure you and your car get home safely. Hilariously a lot of players refuse to use this free and extremely convenient service. Maybe it is just the super masculine nature of the beast.
Mistake 2: driving like a lunatic
To pull you over, the police require probable cause that a crime's being committed. In the case of a DUI, a lot of times that is swerving back and forth. In Blackmon's case, he was clocked at 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. Well, that's not only dangerous and stupid, it's sure to get you pulled over and flagged for further investigation. This is particularly the case at 3 in the morning.
Mistake 3: admitting anything
In this case, Blackmon admitted he'd been consuming alcohol. Although it's pretty likely you would still be in a lot of trouble even so, why give the cops more ammunition? You have the right to not incriminate yourself, so just ask to speak to a lawyer instead of saying you did something wrong and doing the cop's job for him?
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