Do I Really Need An Attorney If It's My First DUI?
You go out to dinner with friends and have a beer with dinner. After enjoying your evening out and catching up, you get in the car and head home. Somewhere along the way, you notice blue lights in the rear-view mirror. The officer charges you with DUI, and you’re arrested. It’s frightening, stressful, and all too common. California’s tolerance for driving under the influence is at an all-time low, and rightly so. However, many people who aren’t drunk end up being caught in the crossfire. If this is your first DUI, you might be wondering if there’s any point in [...]
A Look at California Field Sobriety Tests – What Drivers Should Know
It is a police officer’s job to enforce the laws against driving under the influence. However, it can be very difficult to tell if someone has had too much to drink. The presence of alcohol on the breath is an obvious sign, but it tells the officer nothing about how many drinks the driver has had or how a drink might be affecting the driver’s abilities. To help determine whether or not someone is impaired, a number of field sobriety tests (FSTs) have been developed. If you’re pulled over on suspicion of DUI, you might be asked to perform any number of these tests. The Thre[...]
San Diego DUI Checkpoint
The San Diego Sheriff has issues a press release regarding a Labor Day weekend DUI checkpoint.PRESS RELEASE[...]
