Spring Valley, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

You can have your DUI 'removed from your record' by fighting and winning your DUI. 90% of first time DUI arrestees are first time arrestees. No one is going to give you anything including removing it from your record unless you fight and force them to do so.

The long and short is it is a reduced DUI. However, it can still be used against you as a prior offense for the next 10 years. It does offer the opportunity to take a 12 hour alcohol class compared to a 3 month class (Caveat: if your license was suspended as a result of the stop-known as an APS hearing-suspension) DMV will require the 3 month class, and not accept the 12 hour. There are alternatives to the plea, and special plea bargains that a local DUI attorney would be beneficial to consult with. Lastly, the fine is generally of the fine for DUI.

Immediately hire an attorney and follow his advice. Say nothing to anyone but him. You face DUI with aggravating factors, possible felony charges due to the injuries. Jail is a possibility you have to face. You also face a civil suit for personal injury and other damages. I hope for your sake you have adequate insurance. Upon release from jail or booking, you’ll be given documents that include a notice from DMV that you have only ten days to file a request with DMV for a hearing on an appeal of the automatic one-year suspension of your license. Contact DMV and do so, timely. You can hire an attorney for that hearing if you want. He can advise if you have any likelihood of success in that appeal. You also were provided a notice of court appearance for Arraignment. If you don’t hire an attorney, go to that hearing and plead not guilty. You’ll be provided a copy of all the police reports and charging Complaint. There you’ll have to set a date for Pre-Trial hearing where negotiations with the DA are first conducted. If the case is not plea bargained, it will be set for Trial. Prior to that, you’ll file any appropriate Motions. Unless you know how to effectively represent yourself in all this, hire an attorney who does. The conventional wisdom is that the attorney will be able to get you a better deal than you could on your own, or effectively try the case if forced to that. That is what you are paying for. Your attorney will be able to use whatever legal issues, facts, evidence, witnesses, you may have in your defense. If serious about hiring counsel, feel free to contact me.