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Our client was stopped after being observed gesturing with his middle finger, yelling obscenities and honking his loud horn excessively at another driver while stopped next to a police car for 2 minutes. After observing the odor of alcohol, unsteady gait, bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech, 3 poorly performed field sobriety tests and .139/.141 [...]

Our client was stopped after being observed on the freeway unable to maintain his lane weaving back and forth for about 1 mile. Upon approaching our client’s vehicle, the officer smelled the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. According to the officer, our client admitted to recently smoking marijuana and having marijuana in [...]

Our client was stopped after driving on the freeway approximately 80 mph and nearly collided with the rear of another vehicle. The officer detected the strong odor of mouthwash and objective symptoms of intoxication. Our client failed 4 field sobriety tests and blew a .069/.064 on the portable breath test machine. He was then arrested [...]

Our client was found sleeping in driver’s seat of his car with the engine running for about 2 hours. After he was observed with the odor of alcohol, slurred speech, bloodshot/watery eyes and admitting drinking beer, our client was given 4 field sobriety tests and a portable breath test with the results of .17/.16. Almost [...]

Our client was observed driving without head lights or tail lights for about 1 minute. After the stop, the officer’s observations included mumbled speech, odor of alcohol, red and watery eyes, and unsteady gait. The officer also noticed the presence of horizontal gaze nystagmus. After four field sobriety tests, our client was arrested for DUI [...]

Sorry for the delayed posting. I’ve been busy fighting for our clients in court. Our client hired us for his 3rd DUI / Drunk Driving arrest. He was possibly facing a minimum of 120 days in jail and and a license revocation. He was stopped for speeding and weaving on the freeway. After the stop, [...]

Our client was stopped for DUI / Drunk Driving after he was observed driving erratically including drifting into the left lane with his right turn signal on, correcting back to the center lane and drifting again into the left lane almost striking the center median wall. After the stop, the officer’s observations included the odor [...]

Our client was stopped for making an unsafe lane change. He had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. His eyes indicated that he had consumed alcohol. He was questioned by the police officer. During the field sobriety tests our client was swaying, unable to walk a straight line, unable to lift his legs [...]

On Friday, January 14, 2011 and Saturday, January 15, 2011, the Huntington Beach Police Department (California) arrested 11 drivers for DUI / Drunk Driving at a sobriety checkpoint on Beach Boulevard and Speer Street. The checkpoint was conducted on Friday from 9:30 p.m. and ended Saturday about 3 a.m. Of the more than 1,500 [...]

Most police agencies in California now use a portable breath testing machine prior to making a DUI / Drunk Driving arrest. In California, if the driver is older than 21 and not on DUI / Drunk Driving probation, then the portable pre-arrest breath test machine is completely voluntary. The investigating police officer is required by [...]