Clovis, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

You have an absolute right to relieve your attorney at any point. If you're not confident, you may want to have a serious discussion with them and evaluate from there. There's no way for us to guess, just based on your blood alcohol level, as to whether or not your case is one that will get a wet or a dry offer. That can only be assessed after a thorough review of the case.

You SAID he got a DUI. If so, then thats what he gets to defend against. DUI is Driving Under the Influence, impaired driving, not drunk, regardless of what and how much he had taken or what the BA level was. Youll learn the actual charge[s] filed against you when you appear for arraignment at your first court hearing. The DA can amend at any time prior to trial if he feels he can prove additional or different charges. Of course you can fight it. When arrested or charged with any crime, the proper questions are, can any evidence obtained in a search or confession be used against you, and can you be convicted, and what can you do? Blood test results can be challenged if appropriate. Raise all possible defenses with whatever admissible and credible witnesses, evidence and facts are available for legal arguments, for evidence suppression or other motions, or at trial. Effective plea-bargaining, using those defenses, could possibly keep you out of jail, or at least dramatically reduce it. If you don't know how to do these things effectively, then hire an attorney that does, who will try to get a dismissal, diversion, reduction or other decent outcome through plea bargain, or take it to trial if appropriate. If serious about hiring counsel to help you in this, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me.

The under aged BAC in Louisiana is .02, not .08. And the DMV hearing is a separate matter altogether. You also only have 15 days from the date of the arrest to request a hearing with the DMV to challenge the license suspension.