Arizona DUI Defense

This text ensures that readers understand the concepts and issues underlying DUI prosecution and defense in the State of Arizona. This edition has been expanded by 20 percent and extensively revised, and an updated DVD is also included.

James Nesci is a 1994 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law. He is AV-Rated« by Martindale-Hubbell.In 1999 Mr. Nesci became a Sustaining Member of the National College for DUI Defense. In 2001, he was Board Certified by the National College for DUI Defense, Inc. and is one of only two Board Certified attorneys in the State of Arizona and one of thirty-nine in the nation (as of January, 2008). In 2006, he was appointed Regent of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc. He currently serves as the chair of the Curriculum Committee for the NCDD, is a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee and often serves as an oral argument judge for the Board Certification Committee. He is a contributing author to the Fifth Edition of the treatise Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol (¬2008, Lawyers & Judges Publishing, Editor James Garriott, www.lawyersandjudges.com) which is a text used by forensic toxicologists across the world and serves as the text for the Borkenstein School at Indiana University. He also co-authored a scientific article: The Slope Detector Does Not Always Detect the Presence of Mouth Alcohol, The Champion, Vol. XXX, No. 2, March 2006, Authors: Michael P. Hlastala, Wayne J. Lamm, and James Nesci. Publisher: NACDL. His other publications include: How to Beat a DUI (¬2008, Authentic Anatomical Publishing) which was written for the consumer, and Oklahoma DUI Defense: The Law and Practice (¬2008, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co. Authors: Bruce Edge, John Hunsucker and James Nesci. www.lawyersandjudges.com). His firm's practice is devoted entirely to criminal defense. At any one time, he typically defends about fifteen DUI cases in several jurisdictions while other members of the firm defend DUI, capital murder, rape, armed robbery, possession and varied federal cases. Both of his partners are death-penalty qualified. Mr. Nesci often defends cases well into the .30 blood-alcohol range. He has caught more than one police officer lying during cross-examination and some police officers have even refused to grant pretrial interviews to him without a prosecutor or their own counsel present. He was one of the lead attorneys on the Intoximeters« RBT-IV breath-testing issue in Southern Arizona which resulted in the immediate suppression of breath tests in over 3,000 cases and the removal of the RBT-IV from the streets of Arizona. He represented former Supremes lead singer Diana Ross and Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tight-End Jerramy Stevens on Extreme DUI charges and fitness guru Richard Simmons on an assault charge. Mr. Nesci is a team-player within the Southern Arizona DUI Defense Community. He is often involved in large-scale challenges to DUI investigative methods and chemical