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DUI Arrest and the California Department of Motor Vehicles August 21, 2019

When a person is arrested for DUI, 2 things are going on: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to suspend the driver’s license; and The court wants to punish the driver. It is very confusing, but in this blog, we are focusing only on the DMV. The DS 367 In ...

DUI Arrest and the California Department of Motor Vehicles August 21, 2019
When a person is arrested for DUI, 2 things are going on: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to suspend the driver’s license; and The court wants to punish the driver. It is very ...
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Current US Supreme Court Justices - 2019 July 31, 2019
Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Samuel A. ...
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California Has a Debtor’s Prison July 23, 2019
No excuse for being unable to pay fines. i.e. Being too poor = GO TO JAIL. Until recently, courts have held there is nothing wrong with incarcerating a person who doesn’t pay court fines and fees. In ...
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California Hit and Runs Explained July 3, 2019
Misdemeanor vs. Felony If you are involved in a car accident which ends up causing damage to someone else’s property, and you leave the scene without properly identifying yourself to the other parties ...
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Unreasonable Searches of a Vehicle in California June 28, 2019
Even if you are on probation, that does not give police the right to arbitrarily detain you for no reason, especially if the officer doesn’t know you are on probation at the time of initiating the ...
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Legitimate Expectation of Privacy During a Home Search June 5, 2019
Privacy is one of the fundamental rights given to us by the United States Constitution. This has been best described as a “legitimate expectation of privacy” of the area to be searched. Our Founding ...
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