While California's criminal law allows someone charged with a crime to plead insanity, it is very difficult to succeed with this strategy. State law tends to hold individuals responsible for their actions unless their thoughts and self-control were extremely affected...
Month: August 2022
You can be arrested for drugged driving for taking medical marijuana
Medical marijuana helps thousands of people in San Diego deal with symptoms of serious illnesses like cancer, AIDS, anorexia and chronic migraines. Cannabis has been legal in California for medical purposes since 1996, while driving while under the influence of...
California Highway Patrol says it made nearly 1,000 DUI arrests over holiday weekend
Hopefully, you had a pleasant Fourth of July holiday this year and got to spend time outdoors with family and friends -- not locked up in a jail cell on DUI charges. For about 1,000 Californians, the latter was how they passed at least part of the long holiday weekend...
Do San Diego bars share responsibility for DUI after overserving a customer?
A DUI conviction is meant, in part, to punish the driver for their actions. But when someone drives after becoming intoxicated at a bar, restaurant or nightclub, they did not get the alcohol out of thin air. The establishment sold it to them, let them drink it on...