Criminal Law

CHP Cracks Down On I-15 DUIs

Posted on January 21, 2008
Recent reports indicate that the California Highway Patrol will ramp up patrol efforts along the I-15 corridor in an attempt to get a handle on drunk drivers, speeders, and those who fail to properly use seat belts and proper restraints while driving...

Highway Patrol Officer Pulled Over On DUI Charge

Posted on January 18, 2008
Lieutenant Deborah Pierce, a California Highway Patrol officer working for the Bakersfield division, was pulled over and arrested on drunk driving charges while driving on Highway 99. The officer, who wrecked her car, did not hurt any others while on the road...

A Different Standard for Minors with a DUI

Posted on January 15, 2008
A California teenager was arrested for DUI three times in less than two weeks. Police in the San Francisco suburb of Morgan Hill say 19 year old Anthony Maher was arrested three times in eleven days for driving under the influence. For two of the arrests, investigators say his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit...

DUI Testing by Dana Raz

Posted on November 13, 2007
Having successfully completed an intensive seminar about field sobriety tests, where I, as a los angeles criminal defense attorney, acted as a cadet in the police academy, learning how to administer the tests; I now have a very different viewpoint of these tests...

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Veteran Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy Faces Drunk Driving Charges

Posted on November 02, 2007
A 40-year veteran officer of the Los Angeles Sheriff?s Department is facing misdemeanor drunk driving charges. According to an article in The Los Angeles Times , Michael Aranda, a 62-year-old division chief was arrested the night of June 12 on the 14 Freeway on suspicion of driving his county-issued car while under the influence of alcohol and while he was off-duty...

Chicago Police Officer Fails to Follow Procedure In DUI Arrests

Posted on October 31, 2007
Prosecutors in Cook County, Chicago, are looking into whether an officer hailed as ?top cop? for making a record number of DUI arrests, followed the correct procedure in administering field sobriety tests or Breathalyzer tests. According to a news report in the Chicago Tribune prosecutors dropped 50 misdemeanor cases stemming from arrests made by Officer John Haleas...

New California Legislation Toughens Laws Against DUI Offenders

Posted on October 26, 2007
Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed off on a new legislation, which will toughen the law when it comes to DUI offenders. Named after Steve Ambriz, an Orange City Councilman who was struck and killed in a DUI crash, the new law required all drivers obtaining or renewing their license to sign a statement admitting that they understand it is dangerous to drive a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and that they could be charged with murder if found responsible for the DUI crash...

Woman Arrested on Fifth DUI Charge in Six Months

Posted on October 24, 2007
A 26-year-old Ramona woman was arrested for the fifth time in sixth months on a drunk driving charge, a news report in the San Diego Union Tribune states. According to the article Tiffany Adamo has been arrested during stops and was once even found passed out in her car behind the wheel and blocking traffic...

Actor pleads no contest to misdemeanor Drunk Driving

Posted on October 20, 2007
Actor Kiefer Sutherland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge, according to a news report in The Los Angeles Times . The ?24? star was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and a probation violation stemming from a separate DUI case three years ago...

A New Kind of Checkpoint

Posted on October 17, 2007
I was driving down La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles last week when traffic slowed to crawl. Something was going on up ahead. Perhaps it was an accident or road construction. At 3 in the afternoon, it couldn?t be checkpoint designed to nab DUI suspects. Turns out it was a checkpoint, but not a DUI or drunk driving checkpoint...

Two Attorneys Join California DUI Practice

Posted on September 20, 2007
Southern California DUI Defense, one of the premiere Los Angeles County law firms, recently welcomed two new DUI attorneys. Long Beach DUI Attorney Lynda Westlund is joining the Long Beach office and will be practicing drunk driving defense throughout Orange County and the South Bay, including Newport Beach, Anaheim, Fullerton, Torrance and Whittier...

DUI Arrest For Woman Leading Police On Unusual Chase

Posted on July 13, 2007
It was a ?freeway chase? that was more like a funeral procession involving police cars rather than a wild pursuit with unpredictable twists and turns. This July 6 pursuit lasted 90 minutes from the San Fernando Valley to Kern County and in the end of it all, police arrested 50-year-old Diane Louise Simpson of Reseda on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol...

Former Star of ?Laguna Beach? Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor DUI

Posted on July 12, 2007
Reality television star Jessica Smith, who appeared on all three seasons of the hit show ?Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County? pleaded guilty to one charge of misdemeanor drunk driving. She was sentenced on July 6 to three years of probation, ordered to perform 80 hours of community service and pay $1,300 in fines and penalties, according to an article posted on Fox News? Web site...

LAPD Traffic Officer Charged With DUI

Posted on July 11, 2007
A Los Angeles Police Department officer, who does DUI and traffic enforcement himself, got arrested last week when he was off duty, on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, according to a news article posted in the Los Angeles Daily News...

High-Speed Chase Ends With DUI Charge For 11-year-old

Posted on July 10, 2007
This is an unusual one. Police in Orange Beach, Ala., were shocked to find that the Chevrolet Monte Carlo they were involved with in a high-speed chase was actually being driven by a 11-year-old girl, according to an Associated Press news report posted on the Seattle Times? Web site...

Johnson Not Charged With DUI, But Still Remains Fired From Team

Posted on July 09, 2007
A drunk driving arrest can affect a person?s life in ways they possibly cannot imagine ? whether that person works a job at a school or a bank or whether he or she is a highly-paid athlete. NFL star Tank Johnson, formerly of the Chicago Bears, found that out for himself last month when his team kicked him out after a June 22 arrest on suspicion of speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol...

Smooth Start To California?s DUI Reduction Story

Posted on May 18, 2007
California, known more perhaps for its number of freeways and the cars on them, is also getting a lot of credit for its recent work in limiting drunken driving. According to an article in The Sacramento Bee , which reported on the results of a newly completed study by the U...

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