Earlier this month, six people were arrested after Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies set up a DUI checkpoint near Perris. The checkpoint was established at Ramona Expressway at Brennan Drive and ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. One person was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired by drugs, one on a domestic…
DUI: Field Sobriety Tests The police have been told there are several indicators that a person is drunk even before they start the field sobriety test. Smell of alcohol, slurred speech, combative attitude and watery/bloodshot eyes are all indications, according to police, to administer the test. DUI attorneys know these are not always indicators, in…
We have written posts on this blog before questioning whether DUI checkpoints are worth it. These setups are expensive, involve many officers and, it could be argued that they violate the rights of many innocent people who are not suspected of committing any crime. Are they worth all the time and effort? What prompts us…
Drivers beware: Law enforcement agencies throughout Riverside County are conducting extra DUI enforcement this Winter. One of these DUI sweeps has already occurred.The Press-Enterprise reported that between Friday, Dec. 13 and Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, law enforcement officers arrested 250 people for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. It isn’t yet known how many of those…
Several dozen people were cited or arrested after officers from the Lake Elsinore Police Department conducted a drivers’ license/DUI checkpoint the night between Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21. Officers stationed themselves at the intersection of State Highway 74 and the El Toro cutoff in Lake Elsinore between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. Some…
Many of my clients are embarrassed and ashamed after receiving a DUI. Most have never been through an arrest before, and many are unsure what to do next. You need to release those feelings as soon as possible and turn your attention to ensuring the best possible outcome from here. As an experienced and proven…
Nic Cocis is a criminal defense attorney at the Law Office of Nic Cocis. The Office represents individuals in Criminal Cases, including DUI and Juvenile Matters, who have been arrested in the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Menifee, Perris, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Banning, Corona, Winchester or Riverside, CA. The following case summaries are for educational…
You’ve just come from happy hour with some people from the office. You get in your car and on the way home traffic slows down. A policeman motions for you to go over to a specific area and stop your car. You’ve just been pulled over at a DUI checkpoint. You have rights in this…
A lot of people think their lives and freedoms are over when they’re pulled over and given a blood alcohol test. It is true that these Driving Under the Influence (DUI) charges are very serious, but if you are facing them, never throw in the towel. Instead, make sure that you hire a lawyer who…
In an unusual case out of Alaska, a bus driver was recently charged with aDUI. The driver was transporting people to their cruise ship when passengers reported he was driving erratically. In addition to the drunk driving charge, the man now faces a reckless endangerment charge for each of his passengers, 46 in all. State…
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