Perhaps police pulled you over on the 134, after noticing a missing taillight, and arrested you for Glendale DUI. Or maybe you got snagged at a checkpoint near the Galleria. In either case, you face a slate of challenges. You’re worried about the jail time, fees and fines, and the…
You recently got a Beverly Hills DUI charge. Ever since the cops’ red and blue flashing lights went off in your rear view mirror, you’ve been preoccupied with “what’s next?” For instance: • Will I have to go to jail? If so, for how long? • What will I tell…
Picture in your mind someone who’s been charged with driving under the influence in Glendale. Odds are, you’ll conjure up a stereotype, like: • A recidivist alcoholic; • A college student at UCLA or USC who got busted after a night of partying; • A debouched celebrity who’s been in…
As a Glendale DUI offender — who caused an accident or suffered an illness or accident after the fact — you face a catch 22. You know that you need to build a sound defense. But you also have almost no energy to get the process started. That you’re even…
The story of Chicago Bears’ fullback Evan Rodriguez may be an important cautionary tale for Pasadena DUI defendants. On May 31, Illinois State Police stopped Rodriguez on the Kennedy Expressway (early in the morning) and tested him to have a BAC of 0.17%. For those of you keeping score, that’s…
At what point should you plead guilty to your Pasadena DUI charges? How do you know whether to fight all the way to trial or whether to cut your losses and accept a reduced set of punishments? Believe it or not, the answers to these questions are not clear cut.…
On some level, you recognize that your Burbank DUI arrest could have lingering effects for months or even years. You can’t help but wonder: “what if?” • What if you had taken a different route home and avoided the checkpoint on Olive? • What if you’d had one fewer drink,…
Getting into a Glendale DUI accident is awful, whether you are a PA, a big film executive… or even a legendary stripper. 76-year-old Carol Doda – who falls into that third category – got arrested a few weeks ago, when she smashed her Acura into another vehicle on Jackson Street…
Some late breaking Hollywood DUI news: 50-year-old actor, Christopher McDonald, was just arrested for DUI in North Carolina, after he blew 0.15% on a breathalyzer test. 0.15% BAC is nearly twice the legal limit, as stipulated by California Vehicle Code Section 23152 (b). McDonald, who’s been a working actor for…
Beverly Hills DUI stories have a reputation for being pretty outlandish. The real-life antics of movie stars like Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson – along with the strange, wild behavior that we’ve catalogued in hundreds of posts — speak to our weird collective proclivities. Let’s test your mettle: try to…