Attorney Tips on Handling DUI Cases

DUI Checkpoints in Los Angeles

January 13, 2016

DUI Checkpoints in Los Angeles are becoming very common, especially around the holidays.  Police departments near Los Angeles also use DUI checkpoints to investigate and arrest DUI drivers. Los Angeles DUI Attorney is very experienced in fighting DUI checkpoint cases because police have to follow many rules to have a legal DUI checkpoint. Without following court guidelines regarding  DUI checkpoint setup, all arrests at Los Angeles DUI Checkpoints can be illegal. There are several ways how Los Angeles DUI lawyer can help you fight arrest at DUI Checkpoints. First, unless the police set up the DUI Checkpoints as told by the California courts, the checkpoint will be invalid. Second, because no bad driving was observed at a checkpoint, the DUI […]

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FIELD SOBRIETY TEST IN DUI CASES CALIFORNIA

January 12, 2016

This article discusses FIELD SOBRIETY TEST IN CALIFORNIA DUI CASES. Click on the links below to go directly to your topic of interest. Field Sobriety Tests (FST) Definition The Three “Standardized” DUI Field Sobriety Tests Using Field Sobriety Test To Win DUI case Field sobriety test accuracy and usage for DUI investigations SHOULD I submit to the field sobriety test? Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs) A field sobriety tests are series of test that police uses to determine if he or she is impaired and can not safely operate a vehicle. Field sobriety tests are tests usually used by law enforcement to prove that a person is impaired regardless of the blood alcohol level or when the blood alcohol level is […]

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Alcohol Education Program after DUI

December 30, 2015

There are 6 different Alcohol Education programs in California that can either be ordered as a condition of probation with a DUI conviction or can be required to be completed as a term of probation for various other, usually driving or alcohol-related convictions. After a Driving under the influence conviction, the DMV will often require completion of the AB 541 or SB 38 program prior to re-issuance of the driver’s license. Additionally, if your license is suspended after an APS hearing (and you don’t want to wait out a suspension), you can get a restricted license but enrollment into a “driving under the influence” program is required prior to getting a restricted license. Here, I summarized and listed the programs […]

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TRAFFIC STOPS DANGERS

December 21, 2015

The recent shooting death of Walter Scott, Dontrell Stevens, Boddy Canipe, Levar Jones, Samuel Dubose, and others are tragic.  These deaths are examples of situations where a person dies because a trigger-happy police officer fires his gun based on some justification of fear for police safety.  Neither one of the listed victims of the police shooting was armed at the time of the shooting.  Most of the listed persons who were shot were black.  It turns out that being black will cause drivers to be 30 percent more likely to be pulled over, than a white drivers.  Traffic stops dangers involve the risk of confrontation with a police officer who can be overly aggressive or tired or just not a […]

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DUI PROBATION VIOLATION IN LOS ANGELES

December 17, 2015

If you are convicted for a DUI in Los Angeles, the court will sentence you to Probation or Terminal disposition. Terminal disposition will carry a harsher punishment, usually imposed when a defendant refuses probation or when a defendant is not a good candidate for rehabilitation.  An ability to rehabilitate is determined by your judge who usually will look at previous convictions to decide if you are a good candidate for probation.  For example, if a defendant has several previous convictions close in time, then a judge can decide that a grant of probation will not be appropriate because the defendant will likely violate the probation or re-offend by getting rearrested for another DUI. In a situation like that, a Los […]

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Statute Of Limitations For a DUI

December 8, 2015

In California, a DUI can be a misdemeanor or a felony.  A felony DUI is filed when there are more than 3 prior DUI convictions, from the arrest date to the arrest date, within the past ten years.  A felony DUI can also be filed when a Los Angeles DUI driver causes an injury to another person.  Also, a felony DUI can be filed if you have a previous felony DUI conviction within the past 10 years.  A misdemeanor DUI will be filed in all other instances and that is the majority of Los Angeles DUI prosecutions. Statute Of Limitation Misdemeanors Statutes of limitations can be found in California Penal Code sections 799-805.  A misdemeanor DUI case has to be […]

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DUI DEFENSE: DON’T SUBMIT TO VOLUNTARY TESTS

November 27, 2015

Los Angeles DUI investigation usually consists of 3 parts.  During the first part, the police observes the driving of the driver and note their observation for future police report. During the second part, the police observe how the driver does on voluntary field sobriety tests. During the third part, the police will take the driver to a station and take his breath or blood for alcohol testing. The first part of a Los Angeles DUI investigation consists of visual observation of the driver.  The officer will make observations of driving and driver’s demeanor and ask driver questions about drinking patern etc.  Los Angeles DUI attorney does not believe that is helpful to talk to the police officers.  Any incriminating answers […]

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DUI Defense: Attacking the breath test in Los Angeles DUI Prosecution

November 24, 2015

Many police officers consider all traffic stops a DUI investigation.  Thus, the second you are stopped in Los Angeles by a police officer, you are suspected of a DUI!  This is more so after accidents in Los Angeles, Orange County, etc.  For example, if you are stopped for not wearing a seatbelt, many police officers, CHP officers, or any other law enforcement officer, will note if you can be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.  They are trained to detect any signs of alcohol consumption, such as open bottles, the smell of alcohol, and any other signs, such as red eyes and slurred speech.  Drunk driving attorneys in Los Angeles specialize in defending people who are pulled over without […]

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Los Angles DUI Attorney Cost

October 30, 2015

How much does a good DUI lawyer cost? The price of hiring a professional DUI defense attorney to help you fight your case in the Superior Court and at the Administrative Per se hearing varies between practitioners.  It is not uncommon to hear that some lawyers will charge as little as $500.00 to represent defendants in court.  On the other hand, it is also possible to hire an attorney who values his services extremely high and to pay $10,000.00 or more for even pretrial representation.  Typically, it is not advisable to hire attorneys on the low end of the price range mostly because they will be either inexperience or not motivated to litigate the criminal case to get the best possible […]

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DUI Blood Test Errors in Los Angeles

October 26, 2015

In this article, we will discuss DUI Blood Test Errors that are well known and can cause serious problems in Los Angeles DUI prosecutions. DUI Blood test is done when by police after a DUI arrest.  If you are arrested, the police will tell you that you have to submit to a chemical test. Los Angeles DUI lawyers will help you fight your DUI case and show that a DUI blood test was not done correctly.  The driver will be asked to choose to either do a blood test or the breath test when arrested for a DUI.  Only if neither test is available, the police have to offer a urine test.  Urine test is very unreliable compared to breath […]

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