Comptche, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

Being in the car under the influence is all that matters. You crashed. It is a little hard to claim you werent driving. When arrested or charged with any crime, the proper questions are, can any evidence obtained be used against you, and can you be convicted, and what can you do? 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. You can hire an attorney, unless you know how to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor intending to convict. He will try to get a dismissal, diversion, reduction or other decent outcome through plea bargain, or take it to trial if appropriate.

If the DA charges you with a DUI and alleges prior convictions against you in order to increase the punishment here, they must prove you had the prior convictions. There may be several way to try and prove them - the standard is through court records, but there may be ways around it for the prosecution. It's your attorney's job to try and thwart that, if possible. The second question is whether or not the charge you were convicted of in Nevada will qualify as a DUI prior here. Some states use different language and what seems like a DUI isn't really a DUI in California terms. Bottom line? If you do have priors alleged against you, the stakes went up. You could be looking at year(s) long license suspensions and potential jail time. It's time for a lawyer.