Napa, CA DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

If you were arrested for a DUI, then yes, you are being charged with a DUI, absent the prosecutor deciding to drop the charge at a later date. Whether you will be convicted of a DUI is another story, and it ultimately depends on what specific portion of Alabama's DUI statute they charged you with.

Generally the police do not actively pursue misdemeanor warrants. However, if you are stopped for any other reason you will be held on bail ot until you can go to court to deal with the warrant.

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.