San Diego DUI Lawyers BlogWhen a DUI defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty after a trial, the judge may put the defendant on probation as part of the sentence. Probation is “the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence and the order of conditional and revocable release in the community under the supervision of a probation […]
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San Diego County Law Enforcement Looking For Drunk Drivers This Holiday Season
San Diego County law enforcement, including the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol, have announced drunk driving saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints throughout the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The following are specific law enforcement public announcements regarding their efforts to keep drunk drivers off the road: San Diego Sheriff’s Department: Saturation patrols throughout […]
Drunk Driving Defendant Has A Right To Confront Analyst That Tested Blood
Alleged drunk driver, Donald Bullcoming, was involved in a vehicle accident in New Mexico in August 2005. The other party believed he observed signs that Bullcoming was intoxicated so he called the police. Bullcoming left the scene but was later apprehended by police. He failed the field sobriety tests and was subsequently arrested for driving […]
Talmadge DUI Car Wreck Leaves 4 Year Old Injured, Bail Set At $100,000
San Diego resident, Albert Pruitt, 27, was allegedly driving under the influence when he crashed his Ford Explorer on August 27th, at 7:00 a.m., according to 10news.com. Pruitt was northbound on Aldine Drive near Monroe Avenue when he hit the curb, lost control, and rolled his vehicle. Two children, ages 2 and 4, were in […]
Vista Judge Rules Escondido DUI Checkpoint Case To Go To Trial
A Vista judge denied the motion to exclude evidence against two men who were passing through a drunk driving checkpoint and refused to unroll their window, which prompted an Escondido officer to break his window and make an arrest for resisting an officer. The North County Times reported that Angel Navarrete and his passenger, Daniel […]
DUI Charges For Passenger In Car?
A passenger in a vehicle was arrested for drunk driving where the driver was alleged to be intoxicated in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Glenee Taylor was arrested for allowing the driver, Parrish Harrell, to drive knowing he was intoxicated, according to wsmv.com. Harrell was pulled over after he did not timely proceed through an intersection with […]
San Diego Officer Charged And Plead Not Guilty To Drunk Driving
San Diego Police Officer David Hall was off duty at 7:30 p.m. on February 22nd, 2011, when he allegedly drove his vehicle into another on northbound 805, just north of Murray Ridge Road. He was confronted by law enforcement at his home in Linda Vista where he agreed to a preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) test. […]
Forced Blood Draws In DUI Cases, Courts Deciding On The Legality
The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal heard arguments this week on whether law enforcement can forcibly draw blood from certain DUI suspects. Currently, Florida law allows forced blood draws without a search warrant in suspected drunk driving cases involving death or serious injury. In this case, no injury or death was involved when the […]