Grass Valley, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

DUI's involving injuries are always classified and filed as felonies. The GBI will have to be proven at trial and the medical reports will determine whether or not the woman has broken bones.

The same as if you had a license, unless you were also in violation of the restrictions of the permit [time, place, etc] When questioned, arrested or charged with any crime, the proper questions are, can any evidence obtained in a test, search or statement be used against you, can you be convicted, and what can you do? While this isn't a 'capital case', it certainly carries potential ?time?, so handle it right. No amount of free 'tips and hints' from here or elsewhere are going to effectively help in a legal defense. If you don't know how to represent yourself effectively against an experienced prosecutor intending to convict, then hire an attorney who does, who will try to get a dismissal, charge reduction, diversion, programs, or other decent outcome through motions, plea bargain, or take it to trial if appropriate. A little free advice: If arrested for DUI, whether alcohol or drugs, then upon release from jail or booking, the defendant is given documents that include a notice that he has only ten days to file a request with DMV for a hearing on an appeal of the automatic suspension of license imposed by DMV upon arrest. That is separate and runs consecutively with any suspension that may be imposed by DMV or the court upon conviction. Contact DMV and do so timely if you think you have grounds for appeal, then appear at the scheduled DMV appeal hearing to present your supporting evidence and witness testimony. If you don't know how to do these things effectively, then hire an attorney that does.

If you are under 21 and you blew a .01 or above (and you state in your question that you did) then your license is taken and you should have been issued a temporary license that explained your right to request a hearing at the DMV prior to the suspension going into effect. You would have had to request that hearing within 10 days of your citation, failure to make the request within 10 days means that your license will be (or was) suspended on the 31st day after the citation was issued. That suspension is one year in duration as you were under 21 at the time of the event.