Sunday, November 21, 2010

"Over the Influence" commercials send the right message to our youth

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Recently, I have seen the new television commercials that espouse abstinence from alcohol and drugs, targeted mainly to young people. These...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Correlation Between DUI and Domestic Violence?

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Many social scientists believe that domestic violence goes hand in hand with alcohol consumption and as the economy gets worse alcohol abuse...
Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Right to an Independent Test in California

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All states require a suspect in a drunk driving case to submit to a chemical test, breath blood or urine. In California if the arrestee cho...

What is Retrograde Extrapolation?

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In some cases a person's blood alcohol level may not be high enough to attempt to punish him or her for driving with a proscribed level....
Thursday, September 23, 2010

California DUI Laws

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No area of the law has undergone such a significant change over the last 20 years than that of California DUI Law. Indeed, the legislature ...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

The New Law About DUI Ignition Interlock Requirement

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Last year the California Legislature came up with a bright idea to force first time DUI offenders with no other record to install a device i...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Enjoying the Beach, Avoid coming on vacation and leaving on probation

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With the summer here and temperatures soaring, many are visiting local beach communities but find themselves being arrested for a DUI. One ...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Can a Medical Marijuana Defense be Lodged Against a DUI Charge

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With many in California getting a doctor's recommendation to smoke marijuana comes the frequent question of whether a prescription for ...
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Is There a Crime of Parking While Drunk

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More often nowadays attorneys are seeing cases involving individuals arrested for DUI that were not actually driving . The question many fo...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Is a Forced Blood Draw the same as a Refusal?

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In California, the law treats the forced removal of blood the same as a refusal. What this means in a practical sense is that the DMV wil...