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LA County Charge : Second DUI within 1 month. B.A.C .15, charged as a felony DUI with injury! Client facing minimum three years prison. Result : REMARKABLE RESULT THE DUI MAN gets it reduced to a misdemeanor with credit for time served. Orange County Charge : Orange County Man charged with 3rd DUI and Violation of Probation looking at up to 240 days of jail. Result : THE DUI man Gets the case assigned to DUI court all fines waived upon successful completion of DUI Court programs NO JAIL TIME. LA County Charge : Under 21 charged with two counts DU I and Hit and Run. Result : Client pleads to one DUI Count and all other charges dropped NO JAIL TIME. LA County Charge : Felony DUI. Client charged with 4th DUI (felony.) Client looking at minimum of 16 months of prison sentence with a .16 B.A.C. Result : Client receives jail sentence NO PRISON TIME and released withing 40 days. Client can now lower and expunge felony record after successful completion of probation. Lancaster Charge : Man Charged with two counts for 2nd DUI with an accident, Violation of Probation for 1st DUI, and Hit and Run facing substantial jail time and penalties. Result : The DUI MAN does it again. Client pleads to one count second DUI no jail time (time served 2 actual days at the time of arrest), No violation of probation, No extra jail time, and Hit and Run dropped! Minimal fines, Classes and probation!!! I guess that's why they call him THE MAN! Ventura County Charge : Felony DUI with a .15 B.A.C. Client looking at at 3 years Prison and possible deportation. Result : THE DUI MAN gets it lowered to a misdemeanor with no prison time and work furlough instead of jail. LA County Charge : Felony DUI facing 3 years prison for causing bodily injury. Result : The DUI MAN gets it reduced to Misdemeanor 3yrs probation, Alcohol Education and Fines - NO JAIL TIME! Kern County Charge : Felony DUI facing 3 years prison for causing bodily injury. Result : The DUI MAN gets it reduced to Misdemeanor 3yrs probation, Alcohol Education and Fines - NO JAIL TIME - Community Labor only. The DUI MAN SAVES HIS GOVERNMENT JOB! Van Nuys Charge : 1st DUI facing probation classes and fines. Result : The DUI MAN gets the DUI charge dismissed and reduced to an exhibition of speed, No Alcohol Classes, reduced probation and fines. NON DUI RELATED OFFENSE Charge : Santa Clarita: B.A.C .16 1st DUI Facing fines, alcohol education 36 months of summary probation and possible jail time including enchanced penalities for havinga B.A.C of .15 or above. Result : THE DUI MAN Does it agin and gets the charge reduced to wet reckless. Charge : Shasta County: 1st DUI Facing fines, alcohol education 36 months of summary probation and possible jail time! Result : THE DUI MAN gets the charge reduced to Drunk in public, NO PROBATION, fines only. Charge : Sacramento: Open warrant for 2nd DUI an 11550 a Health and Safety Code under the influence of a controlled substance. Client facing a mandatory minimum, 90 days. Result : 4 days county jail and 36 days of work release program. DRUG CHARGED DROPPED 2ND DUI ONLY! Charge : San Luis Obispo under 18 Juvenile DUI and providing false information to a police officer facing possible 18 months juvenile incarceration. Result : 6 months probation-Judge allows defendant to continue using medical marijuana for health reasons during probation period. 1st time judge has allowed that provision in her court room. Charge : Vista CA charge under 21 D.U.I with a B.A.C .07 client facing possible jail time, Alcohol education classes and fines. Result : The D.U.I MAN gets it lowered to dry/reckless fines only! Charge : LA County 1st DUI Charge facing 36 months Probation, Fines up to $2,000.00 and 3 months of Alcohol Education Classes. Result : The DUI MAN gets the case lowered to exhibition of speed. Lowered fines and 24 months informal probation. Charge : Under 21 Hollywood: charged with driving with .01 or more-Facing 1 year suspension of Driving Privileges. Result : The DUI MAN gets the DMV Case Set Aside--All Driving Privileges Restored. Charge : 1st DUI Placerville: Breathalyzer reading of .12. Facing Possible Jail time as well as three months Alcohol Education classes. Result : The DUI MAN gets the case Lowered to wet/reckless not required to take any Alcohol Education classes, no jail time and pay fines only.


California DUI Resources

California DUI Law and You

The Truth About DUI Law in California

When you are pulled over and the police officer suspects you of a DUI, there are certain things that the law requires you to do, and certain things that are voluntary. This distinction is an important one. The only thing that the law requires you to do is submit to a chemical testing of your blood or breath at the station. Everything else, such as answering their questions, performing field sobriety tests, or blowing into the Preliminary Alcohol Screening test (PAS test), is voluntary!

The most important thing to remember is that the law DOES NOT require you to answer their questions, or perform a field sobriety test. If you refuse a police officer can still require you to come to the station and take the requisite test, however, if the police officer did not have probable cause to do so your attorney now has the possibility of getting your case dismissed. It is these and many other procedural rules that an experienced attorney can look at and argue on your behalf. Remember, it’s not your job to defend yourself.

California DUI Convictions

Can you be convicted of a DUI?

In order to convict a person of DUI in California, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused drove a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or both; or, that the accused drove a vehicle with .08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in the blood.

A California DUI case may be charged as a misdemeanor or as a felony. It may be charged as a felony where someone is injured (usually when an accident is involved), or where the accused has three or more prior DUI convictions (or convictions that count as a prior DUI, such as a “wet reckless”). These convictions must have happened within ten years of the new charge to count against the accused as a prior conviction.

California DUI law can be found in California Vehicle Code sections 23152 and 23153.

It is important to point out that the law governing DUI arrests is different for those under 21 years of age (learn about under 21 California DUI law).

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