How can a driver's license suspension hearing be useful to my criminal hearing?

How can a driver's license suspension hearing be useful to my criminal hearing?

Neil Shouse (Defense Attorney) gives expert video advice on: When does a DUI license suspension begin?; What can I do if my driver's license is suspended as a result of a DUI?; What is a 'driver's license suspension hearing'? and more...

Often, the driver's license suspension hearing will take place before the court proceedings are resolved, and you can use that hearing to collect evidence favorable to your case. For example, you can subpoena the police officers who arrested you; put them under oath; cross-examine them about everything that happened that night, getting them to admit things that you did that were consistent with sobriety, getting them to admit mistakes in their investigation, obtaining favorable testimony from them; and you can ultimately take the transcript from this testimony and other evidence that you generate from the hearing and use it as leverage when you negotiate with the prosecutor and the judge in court as to what happens to the criminal charges.