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…
After getting arrested for DUI in Los Angeles recently, you’ve had time to ponder the incident and “tell yourself stories” about why it happened and who/what should be blamed. You might be tempted to put the full weight of blame on outside forces: • The police officer who stopped you…
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…
Thirty eight-year-old Haitham Gamal died on April 29th in a Southern California DUI accident, according to the Orange County register. Gamal had literally just pled guilty to a 2013 DUI charge at the Orange County Superior Court the previous day. He was “on the road to recovery,” according to his…
For years, our Los Angeles DUI defense blog has reported on strange cases of DUI recidivists. These people — for one reason or another — keep getting arrested for DUI, despite harsh punishments, license suspensions, increasingly heavy fines, and so forth. To wit, consider the outlandish case of a Delaware…
Quick quiz: let’s say an officer stops you on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles and asks to see your license and registration. Should you: A) Give him or her your license and registration? B) Give him or her a receipt for a bottle of vodka that…