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California Drunk Driving and Elements of a DUI Case

By Walin & Klarich

What you don?t say and do might help you If you?re over 21, what you don?t say in the course of a California driving under the influence investigation might be the difference between winning and losing your case. In order to know what I mean by this, you have to understand how many prosecutors break down a DUI case. Essentially, they break down these types of cases into thirds: First, prosecutors evaluate the driving pattern in a case. They read the report to see what kind of bad driving the officer observed before the stop. If the officer describes an driver that swerves, makes erratic turns and stops, then a California DUI case is much stronger. Since, the prosecutor needs to prove that you could not drive with the same care as a sober person would under same or similar circumstance, the driving before a traffic stop becomes extremely important...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 26, 2008 (boomark / email).