DUI

For most DUI offenses, perhaps the harshest part of the sentence is losing your driver's license. Without a legal license, you cannot drive to work, take your kids to school, or run most errands yourself -- at least, not without risking an arrest for driving on a...

If you're a member of the military and you were given a DUI in San Diego County, you may be interested in the military diversion program. San Diego County has one of the largest concentrations of active and veteran military servicemen. Diversion has historically been...

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...

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...

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...

As part of a sentence for a DUI crime, the judge might order you to attend a victim impact panel. Unless you have been part of one before, you might not have heard of victim impact panels or what happens during one. The basics of a victim impact panel Essentially, a...

Our society gives mixed messages when it comes to alcohol. Every day, we are bombarded by advertisements for beer, wine and liquor that depict drinking as a glamorous, sexy activity with no downside or consequences. So many of our social gatherings, such as parties,...

Though Californians can legally use marijuana recreationally, driving while high is against the law. This is just like how state law deals with alcohol. But unlike with alcohol, there is no device that can accurately measure how much THC is in a driver's system -- or,...

In a San Diego criminal courthouse, the judge cannot also be the prosecutor and vice versa. It would be fundamentally unfair to you if the person presiding "neutrally" over your trial is also trying to put you in jail. But in a way, that is what the California...