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Fighting Your DUI

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

As the weekend approaches, officers throughout California are placing themselves in ?DUI mode?. DUI sobriety checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, and DUI officers will be operating in full force, trying to make as many DUI arrests as possible. But don?t assume that just because you?ve been arrested for drunk driving means that you must plead guilty to drunk driving. Vehicle Code 23152(a) California?s ?driving under the influence? law is very subjective. When an officer pulls someone over at night on the weekend, he/she already has a biased opinion that the driver will most likely be DUI. The officer then conducts a so-called ?investigation? with that already in mind. Regardless of the actual circumstances, they pretty much assume anyone who has been drinking any amount of alcohol is DUI?and that?s not the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).