California DUI laws are harsh and police will do whatever they can to see your convicted despite what amount of alcohol you’ve had to drink. Many of the people arrested for DUI in California are not impaired and never convicted of DUI. However, more often, people who are not impaired simply feel they have no option but to plead guilty. They subject themselves to extreme hardship both financially and emotionally by pleading guilty to a crime they have not committed..

Don’t assume you have to plead guilty. It is the prosecutions burden to prove their case. They know that many of these cases cannot be proven because the driver was not actually impaired yet they achieve guilty pleas simply because the defendants think they have no option other than a guilty plea.

When arrested for you have two cases deal with - the DUI case and a DMV case. The DMV will take your license even without your being convicted if the right steps are not taken within 10 days of your arrest.

Any California driver can be charged with a DUI if found to be under the influence of alcohol and / or drugs, or driving with a Blood Alcohol (BAC) of .08 or higher. Individuals under 21 can face DMV administrative penalties if they are found to be driving with a BAC of .01 or higher and other penalties if their BAC is .05 or higher. These amounts BAC are far lower than most people realize.

Our firm takes a multi faceted approach to handling DUI’s.

First we attack the DMV case in a DMV ad min per se hearing and use that as an opportunity to question the arresting officers (or officers). This testimony can then later be used in the court trial if that is ever necessary.

Second we attack the “stop” which led to the arrest. Did the officer have a legitimate reason to stop you in the first place? Police cannot simply pull you over for without reason. If they do so the “poison fruit” from this illegal stop can not be used against you.

Third we attack any chemical test whether that is breath, blood or urine. Did you know that the breathalyzer machines must be regularly calibrated by someone qualified to do so, or that chemical tests such as blood test must be saved with a specific type and amount of preservative to prevent the sample from fermenting and increasing in BAC.

These are just a few of the steps which must be done correctly in order to convict a person of DUI. There are many additional areas where police work becomes sloppy and improperly done resulting in evidence which cannot be admitted.

We are DUI lawyers located in Torrance California and regularly represent clients in Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Diego.

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