LA DUI Defense

www.shouselaw.com 888.327.4652 Will a DUI arrest or conviction surface on an employer background check? Generally yes, this DUI defense lawyer explains. Most people arrested for a California DUI charge assume the evidence against them is insurmountable. Most of them are wrong. Fighting a DUI case almost always makes more sense than simply pleading guilty. For example, did you know that… More than 100 interfering substances, medical conditions and equipment malfunctions can cause DUI breathalyzers to generate falsely high readings? DUI blood testing is prone to error. When we re-test clients’ blood samples at independent laboratories, we frequently get different results…and sometimes find that the original sample was contaminated? Police officers are supposed to follow a standardized set of procedures in DUI roadside investigations…and very few of them do? Our team of California DUI attorneys consists of former drunk driving prosecutors, former DUI enforcement officers, and former police toxicologists. We defend clients throughout the state, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, San Diego and Orange Counties. We handle cases ranging from simple misdemeanor drunk driving to DUI Causing Injury, California Felony DUI, vehicular manslaughter and gross vehicular manslaughter. Regardless the type of case, we visit the location, study the arresting officers’ training and background, reanalyze blood samples, examine the …

Understanding Felony and Misdemeanor DUI in California. Online: sandiegodefenders.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Welcome everyone to the DUI Minute, a series of educational videos brought to you by San Diego Defenders. Hi I’m Dan Smith, your host, the supervising attorney for San Diego Defenders, and I want to remind you that today’s video is not to be construed as legal advice but merely as pointers to help you navigate through the DUI process. Today’s subject is what is the difference between a felony DUI and a misdemeanor DUI? Well to start with, a felony DUI is more serious and it sounds more serious. Generally speaking if you’re driving under the influence or driving with a greater then .08 blood alcohol content and you get into an accident for instance and somebody gets hauled off in the ambulance, generally speaking that is going to be charged as a felony DUI. I can give you another example: I had a client that was driving along and hit a parked car that was while the individual was changing his tire. The individual got a scrape above his eye, had to be hauled off, and got a couple stitches. That constituted an injury. If it’s a DUI with injury generally it will be charged as a felony. The second most common area that you will see a felony DUI charge is when you get to your fourth DUI; it’s not a place that you want to be in. But after you get past your third DUI the state can charge your fourth DUI as a felony, and they will be looking for prison time. A …