If you or someone you know has been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI), the most important decisions to be made are whether to hire an attorney and, if so, which attorney to hire. Non-attorneys need to know that...

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Most driving under the influence (DUI) arrests initiate two separate cases. The first case is the DUI criminal case which is ordinarily prosecuted by the District Attorney in the county where the DUI arrest occurred. The second case is the...

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Alameda County's AVOID the 21 arrested over 100 people on suspicion of driving under the influence during their Saint Patrick's Day campaign. Lasting from Friday, March 13th through Wednesday, March 18th, crackdown efforts included 16 saturation patrols--mobile enforcement units that...

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The AVOID Anti-DUI Program secured a $659,000 grant to fund heightened law enforcement efforts in Sonoma County over the next three years. Administered by the Petaluma Police Department and funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety, the grant will...

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Utah Governor Jon Huntsman announced Tuesday that he would not support a proposal to create a statewide database to track patron's visits to bars within Utah borders. The Governor stated that the proposal would unnecessarily deter tourism at a time...

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Officials of Centre County, Pennsylvania, have announced plans to launch a brand new division within the county superior court system which is designed specifically to address the needs of driving under the influence (DUI) offenders. The new DUI court has...

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Law enforcement agencies across the Bay Area have indicated that this New Years Eve yielded twice as many driving under the influence arrests as were made this time last year. Officer Hugo Mendoza of the California Highway Patrol's Golden Gate...

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State lawmakers in Texas are proposing a new bill which would alter existing laws to allow state law enforcement agencies to set up sobriety checkpoints, in an effort to crack down on drunk driving. In 1994, the Texas Court of...

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A Santa Clara County criminal grand jury has determined that no charges will be filed against two San Jose law enforcement officers accused of ignoring evidence and mishandling a DUI investigation of a local District Attorney investigator. The decision not...

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Law enforcement agencies across the state of Arizona recently announced that they will increasing the number of law enforcement officers who will receive phlebotomy training next year. This training is used for the purpose of determining the blood alcohol concentration...

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This past weekend marked the beginning of California's holiday season DUI enforcement period. In Alameda County, participating law enforcement agencies were provided with brand new DUI enforcement equipment in order to isolate, test, and arrest individuals suspected of driving under...

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According to a study released by the Automobile Club of Southern California, the number of women killed in alcohol related car accidents in California has increased dramatically over the past decade. The study revealed that the number of women drivers...

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A local Colorado television station investigation has revealed that thousands of drivers who should have lost their licenses after accumulating an excess of marks on their driving record are still on the road due to a seven month Department of...

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Under Florida state law, a person who sells or provides alcohol to someone of lawful drinking age is not liable for any damage which may occur as a result of the drinker's intoxication. This current statute has been the source...

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Suspected drunk drivers in South Carolina will soon face harsher penalties for refusing to submit to blood alcohol concentration testing. Under the current law, drivers who refuse to the breath or blood test face an automatic license suspension ranging from...

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Yesterday, Montgomery County Sheriff John Durante threatened legal action against Montgomery County to prevent the closing of five DUI processing centers. In a sharply worded letter addressed to County Commissioners James R. Matthews, Joseph M. Hoeffel, and Bruce L. Castor...

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Recent reports presented by the Pennsylvania DUI Association in Harrisburg indicate that local law enforcement officers are not receiving the level of training necessary to successfully identify and arrest drunk drivers. Last year alone, there were 53,717 DUI arrests in...

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In an attempt to curb high levels of drunk driving, the state of Washington has begun utilizing specially equipped Cessna 206 airplanes in order to catch individuals driving under the influence. While the Washington State Police (WSP) has been in...

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Recent figures released by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) indicate that Alabama has one of the highest percentages of repeat drunk driving offenders in the United States. With a statewide population of just over 4.6 million, MADD statistics indicate that...

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The Idaho State Police Department (ISP) has estimated that Southwest Idaho DUI arrests for 2008 will reach the six hundred mark, if the present arrest rate continues through the end of December. The average number of DUI arrests made by...

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