The Wednesday before last, the Supreme Court issued a big decision in a DUI case that Los Angeles defendants should know about. Justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a Missouri man, Tyler McNeely, concluding that the police should have obtained a search warrant prior to ordering a DUI blood test…
As someone who’s recently been arrested for driving under the influence in Burbank (or somewhere else in the Southland), you may be facing your second or third (or worse!) DUI charge within 10 years. The California justice system is not exactly “soft” on recidivists. As you probably already know, a…
Everyone who cares about the public good wants to stop Beverly Hills DUI recidivist drivers from getting behind the wheel while under the influence and harming others and/or themselves. The big question is: How do we do that? How do we make our system more just and more equitable at…
We’ve covered some pretty hairy and scary Pasadena DUI mug shots on this blog. Even if you’ve been hiding under a rock over the past decade, you likely still remember Nick Nolte’s grizzled DUI visage from several years ago. He looked like he had just gotten out of bed. On…
At first blush, many of the Glendale DUI stories that we’ve recently reported on sound almost made up – as if they were something ripped from the pages of The Onion (Jim Anchower’s “The Cruise” column, perhaps?) But sometimes real life is actually more ridiculous than satire. Case in point:…
Although this blog focuses on Long Beach DUI cases, we’ve been covering a surprisingly sizable number of cases out of the Big Sky State of Montana recently. To wit, The Associated Press is reporting that Trumaine Johnson, a cornerback with the St. Louis Rams, got arrested for a misdemeanor DUI,…
A first offense for driving under the influence in Burbank is punishable as a misdemeanor (or felony if you hurt someone). But a first time DUI in Wisconsin is just a citation. That’s probably very good news to Yovani Gallardo, a pitcher for Milwaukee Brewers who was busted last Tuesday…
Getting stopped and arrested for driving under the influence in Long Beach (or anywhere else) can have profound, long-lasting implications, even if you manage to reduce your charges. Consider, for instance, the highly publicized ordeal of Josiah Turner. The former guard for Arizona just received a two-day jail sentence in…
Our Hollywood DUI story of the week is clearly the Reese Witherspoon incident. The “Legally Blonde” actress didn’t nab the DUI, though. That honor goes to her husband, CAA uber-agent, James Toth. Witherspoon and Toth had been in Atlanta, where the actress was shooting a movie (The Good Lie), when…
Driving DUI in Los Angeles just doesn’t pay. And celebrity musician, Bobby Brown, would probably be the first to tell you why. After pleading no contest to October 2012 charges in February, Brown finally received his sentence: 55 days behind bars and an electronic surveillance ankle bracelet. Although Brown only…