Recent Posts in Multiple DUI Category
Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Gold & Witham
As a result of a new law in California, as of january the first 2012, any third time DUI offender faces the possibility of a ten year revocation of his or her license. The new law gives judges the ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Gold & Witham
Home arrest or home confinement is an alternative to county jail on a third offense DUI in Los Angeles . It must be negotiated for and is not easily given as most judges see it as a soft option. I was ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Gold & Witham
Ordinarily, a DUI is a misdemeanor unless the defendant causes more than minor physical injury to a third party as a result of a DUI accident, in which case the DUI will be prosecuted as a felony. A ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By Gold & Witham
A conviction for a DUI or "Wet Reckless" remains a prior for sentencing purposes for a period of ten years in California. This means that if a defendant is convicted of another DUI within ten years of ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2011 By Gold & Witham
The average first time DUI Offender does not have a problem with alcohol. Many, otherwise law abiding and sober citizens, make a judgement error and get arrested for a DUI after consuming a moderate ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Gold & Witham
The penalties for a second or third DUI in California include some county jail time. Jail time on a second offense ranges from 96 hours minimum to one year maximum. On a third offense within a ten ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2009 By Gold & Witham
Many defendants arrested for DUI in Los Angeles or Orange County face the prospect of serving a lengthy county jail sentence. County jail is always a consideration for defendants with prior DUI ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2009 By Los Angeles DUI Attorneys
It happened again ! You sat in the courtroom hallway, the day you finally settled your first DUI case, telling your attorney, "I'll never damn do this again, as long as I live!" And then it happened ...
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