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Recent Legal Posts

California Looking To Suspend Drivers’ Licenses For “BUI”

March 12th, 2009

Recently, a California State Senator introduced a bill to allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend a person driver’s license if convicted of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) of alcohol and/or drugs. Currently, the DMV does not have the authority to take any action against a driver’s license upon conviction for BUI. However, courts [...]

More Drunk Driving / DUI deportable convictions

March 10th, 2009

A recent U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal held that an immigrant who is convicted of DUI / Drunk Driving while their license was supended or otherwise restricted is a crime involving moral turpitude and is a deportable offense. This case may also set a precedent for U.S. citizens when courts interpret a convicted person’s [...]

Voodoo Science finds it’s way into U.S. Courtrooms

February 27th, 2009

According to the LA Times, a National Academy of Sciences report concludes that evidence about fingerprints, ballistics, bite marks and other forensic evidence often have little or no bais in science. Of course in DUI / Drunk Driving cases, breath, blood and urine testing methods and results come with the field of forensic science. [...]

Hospital Blood Tests Not Privileged in New York

February 26th, 2009

For years, DUI / Drunk Driving defense attorneys, myself included, have been saying the DUI / Drunk Driving laws have been eroding our civil rights. If someone has a blood test done in a hospital after a DUI / Drunk Driving accident, in many states, the blood vial itself and the blood tests results are [...]

DUI / Drunk Driving on a bicycle!

February 18th, 2009

A while back, I received an email from a person in Ohio who was arrested for OVI while walking his bike across his front yard. (”OVI” is Ohio’s version of DUI / Drunk Driving.) He was convicted in the trial court and the Court of Appeals upheld his conviction. From time to time, I [...]

First DUI / Drunk Driving laws in United States

January 28th, 2009

According to DUI-News, the first DUI / Drunk Driving law that went into effect in the United States was in New York in 1910. Makes sense since New York City probably had the most number of automobiles and drinkers than anywhere else in the country.

First person arrested for DUI / Drunk Driving in England

January 27th, 2009

The first person arrested for DUI / Drunk Driving in England was a London taxi driver named George Smith, according to DUI-News. Mr. Smith was arrested after crashing his taxi into a building. He later pled guilty and was fined 25 schillings.

DUI / Drunk Driving Checkpoints Raise Revenue for Local Law Enforcement

January 22nd, 2009

According to the Orange County Register (1/21/09), the California Office of Traffic Safety granted the city of Costa Mesa $236,882 for DUI / Drunk Driving checkpoints. Also, the California Office of Traffic Safety has granted the Orange County Sheriff’s Department $711,207 for DUI / Drunk Driving checkpoints as well. While many people are adamently opposed [...]

New Tough DUI / Drunk Driving California Law

January 14th, 2009

As of January 1, 2009, anyone who is on DUI / Drunk Driving probation who is detained or arrested for DUI / Drunk Driving must submit to a chemical test (blood, breath or urine). If results obtained are greater than a .01 or if a person on probation refuses to take a chemical test, then [...]

DUI / Drunk Driving arrests increase in California during New Year Holiday

January 13th, 2009

The California Highway Patrol reports there was a 21% increase for people cited for DUI / Drunk Driving in the state of California during the 2008/2009 New Year holiday period compared to last year according the the Orange County Register. The CHP cited 438 people for DUI / Drunk Driving from December 31st starting at [...]