REDUCED | DUI DRUGS (Diazepam, Nordiazepam) REDUCED to SPEEDING and LANE VIOLATION TICKET – State v. Ms. B. (DMC No. 8600) (Sedona City Court TR2008-3347): Sedona Police responded to the report of an accident on Airport Road. There they contacted Ms. B. who had struck a guard rail. Ms. B. stated that she was upset because she had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend. She also admitted that she had also taken one pill of Diazepam as prescribed by her doctor. The police still arrested her for DUI and obtained a blood specimen showing the presence for Diazepam and Nordiazepam. We convinced the Prosecutor that they would not be able to prove that she was abusing her prescription, and they agreed to dismiss the DUI and instead simply have her plead to a simple Speeding and lane violation ticket.
