Although it’s the shortest month in the year, February usually seems to drag on forever. Maybe that’s why some DUI drivers–no doubt including a few charged with DUI in Los Angeles–have exhibited some rather unusual behavior this month. DCIM100SPORT • When a Sumter County, Florida, deputy pulled over Christopher Beauchemin…
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Lawyer Gets Unusual Private Hearing In DUI Case
The average Joe or Jane charged with a Los Angeles DUI may sometimes wonder if there are two justice systems at work; one for every day folks, and the other for the well-connected. A recent incident across the country in Pennsylvania would probably reinforce their cynical attitudes. On April 3,…
Should States Lower the BAC Limit for DUI Charges?
In 2004, Delaware became the last state to set 0.08 as the blood alcohol limit for DUI charges. (California was a decade ahead of the pack; police could arrest anyone with a BAC of 0.08 for a DUI in Los Angeles beginning in 1990.) But the National Transportation Board is…
Dumb Things DUI Drivers Should Never Do
Want to get police officers to pay more attention to you? Try pulling one of these dumb stunts when you’re at risk for a DUI in Los Angeles. A woman from Baraboo, Minnesota, apparently couldn’t find her own vehicle when she stumbled out of a BP gas station and convenience…
Judge Refuses Pleas in DUI Cases
Pity the poor judges who have to spend multiple hours in court each week hearing cases involving DUIs in Los Angeles. The stories they hear about deaths and destruction caused by people driving under the influence are often devastating. One judge in Laramie County, Wyoming, has had enough. A recent…
DO Some Los Angeles DUI Offenders Get Preferential Treatment?
Some celebrities arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles appears to get off with a very light punishment. Although justice is supposed to be blind, the truth is that people with money and/or connections frequently do get a better deal. Take the case of the Texas teen whose defense for…
Wow – Verdicts Overturned in 30-Year Old DUI Cases
If a judge had accepted your guilty plea case involving a Los Angeles DUI, and new evidence turned up, would you take the time and spend the money to have that verdict overturned? What if your conviction dated all the way back to 1986? Some people in Massachusetts who pleaded…
New Year’s Eve DUI Accident Injures DC Pedestrians
Last November, a man eventually charged with DUI in Los Angeles killed two people and injured several others when his car hit a minivan and then swerved onto a sidewalk. A similar accident—fortunately non-fatal so far—occurred in the District of Columbia on New Year’s Day. Twenty-five year old Malik Lloyd…
Must Read, Jaw Dropping DUI Stories from 2015
Unfortunately, crazy DUI stories span every state and continent, and the impact of driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol affects all ages, genders, ethnicities, and religions. Here are three more of the most astonishing DUI stories 2015 had to offer: 1. Woman drives into the homecoming parade.…
Lack of Front Tires Gives DUI Driver Away
Note to drivers who want to overindulge and drive anyway: If you are trying to avoid getting nabbed on a Los Angeles DUI charge, make sure that all the important parts of your vehicle are intact before you head down the road. If police spot you driving a vehicle without…