COVID 19 affects all DUI and Criminal cases in Vista Courts and all over California that are pending or that have requirements to be completed. Pending cases arraignments are being set over 120 days out when they used to be set 30- 45 days out. Additionally,...
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Is buzzed driving the same as drunk driving?
A couple goes out on a dinner date, and the driver has a couple glasses of wine. On the way home, a police officer pulls them over. The driver feels a little buzzed from the wine, but should he or she worry about getting arrested and charged with driving under the...
Vista Courts Closed for Covid 19 Until May 26, 2020
Vista Courts closed for Covid-19 pandemic until May 26, 2020. The Court is actually closed through May 22, but that is memorial day weekend which makes it opening on Tuesday 5/26/20. Due to this highly contagious and potentially deadly flu virus, the courts are...
What does a hit and run do to a DUI?
If you get behind the wheel after having too many drinks, you run the risk of harming others. Your impaired judgment, reflexes, and depth perception may make you unaware of the drivers and pedestrians around you. In the event you collide with one, you may decide to...
Are field sobriety tests mandatory in California?
Whether you had one too many remembering old times with the guys or had a blast out at the bar with your girlfriends, you know that the flashing lights in the rearview mirror on your way home is not a good way to end the night. You know that you have no choice but to...
Getting a License Back After First DUI
Getting a license back after a first DUI is a multistep process. If you had a valid license at the time of the arrest it remains valid until there is a 6 month suspension triggered by a conviction for DUI and usually a second administrative DMV suspension for 4...
Vista Court DUI CASES Require Special Attention
Vista Court DUI cases may require special attention as they move through the system. In addition to understanding the California admininistrative proceedures concerning license supension if no hearing is set with DMV within 10 days of arrest,...
DUI Programs in California
DUI Programs in California are standardized throughout the state. Each county has multiple locations where individuals requiring the DMV authorized DUI program can attend. Depending on your conviction and the administrative suspension of your license, you...
Getting a License Back After a DUI Suspension in 2019
Getting a license back after a DMV DUI suspension in 2019 is much more complex than it was last year. There is the DMV administrative suspension for 4 months if you are .08 Blood Alcohol or more and the DUI conviction suspension which is 6 months, both can run at the...
NEW 2019 DUI LICENSE SUSPENSION LAWS
New 2019 DUI License suspension laws change previous license suspension laws. There are usually 2 types of driver license suspensions which occurr in a 1st offense DUI case. There is the 4 month pink sheet administrative suspension for individuals 21 and...
