There are several common DC DUI defense strategies that can be employed in most cases. For instance, one strategy may be to produce evidence that you were mistakenly identified as the driver of the stopped vehicle even though you were actually just a passenger. This can sometimes happen when police rely on civilian witnesses to tell them who they saw driving a car that contained multiple occupants.
Another defense strategy is to challenge the portion of the DC code that refers to having “physical control” of the vehicle. It’s possible that the police officer didn’t actually see you driving, or in physical control, of the vehicle. You could have sat in the driver’s seat briefly, perhaps in a parking lot, without ever putting the keys in the ignition.
Another common strategy is to argue that improper police actions led to a wrongful arrest.