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Southern California DUI Sobriety Checkpoint Schedule for 11/20 & 11/21

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

This weekend, there are at least four California DUI sobriety and driver?s license checkpoints scheduled to take place. Typically, cops need a reasonable suspicion or probable cause before they can initiate a traffic stop. In order to get around this strict legal requirement, courts have classified DUI roadblock investigations as ?administrative? rather than criminal. Although our government is generally doing a good job of depriving suspected DUI drivers of their rights, sobriety checkpoints actually have quite a few legal rules that must be followed in order for any of their arrests to be upheld. Because of this fact, it is critical for you or anyone you know who has been arrested at a DUI checkpoint to consult with a California DUI defense attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on November 19, 2009 (boomark / email).