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Category Archives: The Law
Finding a Great Orange County Drunk Driving Defense Attorney
Many people use the Internet to easily compare the experience and specialty of local drunk-driving attorneys. Most attorney websites should provide answers to the following questions: • How long has the attorney been practicing criminal defense? • How long has … Continue reading
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Techniques Your Attorney May Use to Deal with Evidence
If you have been charged with drunk driving because you performed poorly on a field sobriety test, your skilled Orange County drunk driving defense attorney may be able to diminish its bad affect by drawing a contrast with something far … Continue reading
Topics: The Court, The Law, Your Defense
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DUI Benchguide
A good overview of CA DUI law may be found in the DUI benchguide. Please note that it is limited in order to be a quick guide, and some of the opinions stated therein are the opinion of the authors, … Continue reading
Topics: Penalties, The Court, The Law, Your Defense
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Penalties and Punishments
This topic is very broad. You may find what you are looking for in a more specific Article, such as 1st Offense or DUI with Injury, etc. Locate these to the left under “Articles”. For a comprehensive overview of how … Continue reading
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1st Court Date – Arraignment
Everything you wanted to know, and more about the first court date can be found here, in the judges benchguide: 2008 Misdemeanor Arraignment Benchguide
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DUI with Injury
Felony Or Misdemeanor? CVC §23153 may be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor under CVC §23554. The prosecutor’s decision whether to charge a §23153 offense as a felony or a misdemeanor is generally based on the seriousness of the injury involved and the … Continue reading
Topics: License Issues, Penalties, The Law, Your Defense
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Drug Related DUI
DUI Drugs involve complex scientific issues dealing with the identification of the active ingredients of drugs in both urine and blood testing and whether or not the substance revealed was an active or an inactive metabolite. Correlating levels of blood and … Continue reading
Topics: License Issues, The Law, Your Defense
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Breath Tests
The Validity Of Breath Testing The validity rests upon a vast array of assumptions that can be attacked by an experienced DUI attorney in a wide variety of cases: COMMON ASSUMPTIONS: The machine is calibrated and in proper working order. … Continue reading
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Merijuana
As many know, possession of merijuana (less than 1 oz) was just made an infraction as of January 1, 2011. This reduces the severity of possession of merijuana, which was previously a misdemeanor. This change comes after the possession of merijuana … Continue reading
Topics: License Issues, Penalties, The Court, The Law, Your Defense
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DUI Defenses
A defense is a legal excuse which protects a person from being convicted. The most common example which most people understand is the defense of “self-defense”. If someone tries to harm you, you have the right to defend yourself (using reasonable … Continue reading
Topics: The Arrest, The Court, The Law, Your Defense
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