Picture a “standard” Los Angeles DUI arrest in your mind’s eye. You might imagine a driver in a Honda Accord getting escorted into a squad car after a nasty wreck on the 405 or the 101. Or you might picture a Hollywood exec in a BMW stopped at a checkpoint…
Los Angeles DUIs often cause unintended and tragic consequences. Consider, for instance, a horrible recent Las Vegas collision that caused the death of a man and injuries to his 2-year-old son. On the morning of March 23, 2013, exotic dancer Shauna Miller left her job at the Spearmint Rhino strip…
You may be at the beginning of the end of the worst part of your Los Angeles DUI arrest. How so? After all, you feel downright miserable and scared about what’s happened to you, and you haven’t even found a lawyer yet. You have so much to do – and…
Few Los Angeles DUI drivers face charges as complex or extensive as Justin Bieber. The 20-year-old singer’s Florida court case began on Monday, July 7 for a litany of charges he received on January 23. Allegedly, Bieber had been drag racing with Khalil Amir Sharieff, a fellow performer, when authorities…
As someone who recently had to endure a field sobriety test for Los Angeles DUI, you can attest to the surprising challenges that you endured: • The humiliation of being made to “walk the line” on the side of the road, while other drivers passed and gawked at you; • …
Fortunately for police, most Los Angeles DUI arrests are not dramatic and do not threaten the life and limb of the people involved in the process. That’s not always the case. For a spectacular example, we turn our sites to Atlanta, Georgia, where on Monday, a local woman named Anna…
Quick quiz: let’s say someone pulls you over on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles. Should you: (a) Cooperate with the officer and avoid making your situation worse? (b) Spit in the officer’s face? If you answered (a), you are correct. If you answered (b), you may…
Facing a DUI in Los Angeles is difficult, especially when another party has been injured. However, reconciliation is possible, even in the worst circumstances. One example is this recent story from Miami, FL. At a hearing in Miami-Dade on Friday, June 6, Marissa Sanders, a former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper,…
When facing a Los Angeles DUI case involving an injury to the other party, consider the story of Samuel Silva, who was recently arrested in Panama after ten years on the run. In April 1998, Silva struck the patrol car of Florida Highway Patrol trooper Marissa Sanders, who was conducting…
It’s a common question with a surprisingly subtle answer: How many alcoholic drinks can you consume before you’re over the Los Angeles DUI limit of 0.08% BAC – the cutoff point for misdemeanor DUI, as defined by the California Vehicle Code? As you might remember from driver’s ed, you can…