- San Diego County Charge: Out of county resident charged with felony assault and battery involving multiple victims and great bodily and serious injuries Result: Verdict, Not Guilty on All 7 counts of Assault and Battery with Great Bodily Injury and Multiple Strikes.San Diego County Charge: 69 year old man driving under the influence of methamphetamine onto oncoming traffic Result: Hung Jury and District Attorney Dismissed DUI San Diego County Charge: Mother of two evading police in hit and run charge with serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed after Successful Line-Up Motion San Diego County Charge: Juvenile charged with running over her ex boyfriend at high school Result: Court Dismissed case after Argument Made In Mitigation San Diego County Charge: Spouse arrested for domestic violence after 911 calls and pictures of serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed at Trial San Diego County Charge: Military member arrested for assault and battery Result: Court Dismissed after successful argument for Military Diversion San Diego Federal Charge: 19-year-old student charged with Alien Smuggling Result: Case Dismissed after negotiations with US AttorneySan Diego County Charge: Out of county resident charged with felony assault and battery involving multiple victims and great bodily and serious injuries Result: Verdict, Not Guilty on All 7 counts of Assault and Battery with Great Bodily Injury and Multiple Strikes.San Diego County Charge: 69 year old man driving under the influence of methamphetamine onto oncoming traffic Result: Hung Jury and District Attorney Dismissed DUI San Diego County Charge: Mother of two evading police in hit and run charge with serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed after Successful Line-Up Motion San Diego County Charge: Juvenile charged with running over her ex boyfriend at high school Result: Court Dismissed case after Argument Made In Mitigation San Diego County Charge: Spouse arrested for domestic violence after 911 calls and pictures of serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed at Trial San Diego County Charge: Military member arrested for assault and battery Result: Court Dismissed after successful argument for Military Diversion San Diego Federal Charge: 19-year-old student charged with Alien Smuggling Result: Case Dismissed after negotiations with US Attorney
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Chain of Custody
Definition: Chain of custody, in legal contexts, refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail, showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence. Now how can this relate to DUI cases? Because, in order for a DUI blood test result to have any evidentiary...
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Inside the Lab
If you are pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you will likely be asked to submit to blood alcohol tests, typically in the form of a breath test or blood draw. While chemical breath tests may be administered by trained police officers at...
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Attacking Blood Tests
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: But Is It Really On Your Side? Blood tests for alcohol are generally perceived to be more accurate than breath or urine tests. The primary reason for this belief is that breath tests and urine tests are indirect methods of determining alcohol levels in blood,...
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Defending Blood Tests
You Cannot Drown Truth in Seas of Blood Blood tests for alcohol are generally perceived to be more accurate than breath or urine tests. The primary reason for this belief is that breath tests and urine tests are indirect methods of determining alcohol levels in blood, while blood analysis is...
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More Than You Ever Thought You Would Know About Urine Tests
The basic definition for driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. If you’ve...
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Written in Blood
The basic definition for driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. If you’ve...
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Should You Trust the Results
The scenario: You’re driving home from a dinner party, reminiscing of the great conversation, food, and company you just enjoyed. All of a sudden you see flashing lights behind you; confused, you pull over. The officer comes up to your window and after some conversation, you end...
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CAN THE POLICE JUST TAKE MY BLOOD?
The scenario: You’re pulled over for a minor vehicle code violation and thereafter taken to the San Diego Police Department. You’re not offered a choice of blood or breath test. The police officer tells you “We’re going to take a blood test from you and we are getting a lady...
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California Implied Consent
What Am I Agreeing To? California law says that if you are lawfully arrested by an officer (who has probable cause) to believe that you have been driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, then you consent to taking a chemical test of your blood, breath, or urine for the purposes...
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History of Breath Tests
Let Me Catch My Breath! Before the invention of the modern breathalyzer in the 1950s, determining if someone was too intoxicated to operate a motor vehicle was incredibly subjective. It took decades for law enforcement technology to catch up with one of our most pervasive crimes. This post will take...
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