Normally, a DUI in California is charged as a misdemeanor. This is especially the case with a first time DUI, unless people have been seriously injured or are killed in a DUI accident. Under these …
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Crash On 91 Freeway Leads To Murder Charges
In California, even though only a fraction of DUIs involve accidents, these are the ones which are taken most seriously by law. In California, DUI causing injury can be charged as a felony or a …
Latest Info On SB 905
Last call, or the time that alcohol sales are legally required to cease at bars and restaurants in California is currently 2 a.m. However, some lawmakers, perhaps with incentive and pressure from the alcohol lobby …
DUI Sentencing Leads To Loud Sobbing
A DUI murder charge in California normally requires that a specific set of circumstances be met before a person can be convicted of the charge. Before a DUI murder charge is even made, a person …
Two Teens Die In Underage DUI Accident
A substantial number of DUI arrests involve teenagers who are not of age to legally drink alcohol. Because they are underage, but face the same penalties an adult DUI suspect would, this makes an underage …
Man Faces 4th DUI Charge, Murder After Crash
In California, being convicted of subsequent DUI charges after the first charge often comes with escalating penalties. In order to be convicted of consecutive DUI charges, the charges must occur within 10 years of the …
NASCAR Driver Arrested For DUI
For the most part, a DUI can mean that a person was driving under the influence or either drugs or alcohol, or in some cases, both substances. If a person is accused of DUI drugs, …
Fatal Wrong-Way Crash On Highway 101
Though the elderly are often overrepresented as wrong way drivers, the greater majority of wrong way drivers are intoxicated. The National Traffic Safety Bureau found that as many as half and potentially as many as …
DUI Crash Closes Freeway For 14 Hours In San Diego
The costs of a DUI go beyond the fines that must be paid and the fees for DUI school and obtaining a reinstatement of a license. There are, of course, the medical costs – those …
Last Call Extension Bill Generates Controversy
It’s no secret that Los Angeles and Hollywood and the surrounding areas thrive on nightlife. However, this nightlife may be contributing to DUI arrests and accidents that occur when someone leaves a club buzzed. According …