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DUI Driving under the influence is taken very serious by prosecutors and the courts. If you are charged with DUI, it is very important that you retain an experienced lawyer in your DUI case. An inexperienced lawyer could be overwhelmed by the aggressive prosecution of a DUI case, which may lead to a long jail sentences. California has a number of laws that stiffen the penalties for DUI. For example, speeding while driving under the influence may lead to a 60 day jail sentence. If your lawyer does not know how to deal with these sentence enhancements, you can find yourself in jail even if it is your first offense.
I have handled many DUI cases with sentence enhancements, such as speeding, high blood alcohol concentration, test refusals, and accidents with injuries. And I was able to get many of these sentence enhancements dismissed for many clients and saving them many from jail. For example in Pasadena Court, the client drove around 90 m.p.h. and refused to take a blood or breath test. I negotiated with the district attorney to resolve the case without my client going jail. Repeat DUI offenders are harshly dealt with by prosecutors and judges, especially if the defendant is on probation for DUI. We have seen many celebrities go to jail because they violated probation. Even if not on probation, the law requires mandatory jail time for those convicted of a subsequent DUI. A second time DUI carries up to a year in jail. I have handled many of these cases and obtained minimal jail sentences for many clients, and a number of clients actually just served a few hours in custody. In another case in Pasadena Court, the client got his second DUI while on probation for DUI. To make things worse, the client had a high blood alcohol concentration and got into an accident that caused major property damage. He was facing significant jail time. Yet I was able to get a plea deal of only 4 days of county jail without any additional jail time for violating probation. These deals are not easy to get. I thoroughly review all the evidence in every case I handle. I have a thorough understanding of California DUI laws. This allows me to effectively negotiate with prosecutors by raising weaknesses in their cases and bring mitigating facts to their attention. Finally, if you are facing a felony DUI, you could be facing years in prison or jail. These are very serious cases. With these type of cases,the prosecutor sometimes is not willing to negotiate and wants the defendant to go prison for years. I had such a case in Torrance Court. The client with an extremely high blood alcohol concentration got into an accident causing serious bodily injury to a pedestrian and totaled three cars. The client was facing over four years in prison. However, I argued to the court that treatment and not years of lock up was the appropriate sentence. The court was persuaded by my argument and gave the client alcohol rehabilitation, not years of incarceration. I have brought hope to hopeless cases. An advocate of redemption.
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