As regular readers of our Los Angeles DUI blog know, the crime of driving under the influence is anything but monolithic. Your blood alcohol concentration and subtleties regarding your arrest and criminal history (if any) can dramatically influence your potential punishments. For instance, if you test just over the limit…
Ever since you woke up the morning after your Los Angeles DUI arrest, you have been obsessed with your case and deeply worried about what will happen to you and your life. • Will a six-month California driver’s license suspension be in the offing? • Will you have to go…
Individuals facing Los Angeles DUI charges would do well to take a lesson from the case of Ronald Searl, a Chicago area man recently arrested for drunk driving. Police stopped 54-year-old Searl on July 3 when they spotted him driving in the center turn lane of a city street. After…
How should you handle your Los Angeles DUI charges? That question might sound trite. Obviously, you want to minimize/avoid punishments that prosecutors might ask for, which could include jail time, cumbersome probation terms and alcohol school, as well as unfortunate spikes in your insurance rates. In an ideal world, your…
The Los Angeles DUI defense community is buzzing with news that the National Football League (NFL) may be revising its rules regarding how professional football players should be punished after being caught for DUI. Why does the defense community at large care? What are the proposed rule changes, and what…
When people read about Los Angeles DUI defense stories, they often get suspicious. Are DUI attorneys simply getting dangerous people “off the hook” and causing miscarriages of justice? The reality is: absolutely not. Attorneys like Michael Kraut of the Kraut Criminal & DUI Lawyers work diligently to ensure justice and…
It’s a sad tale that we keep noticing here on this Los Angeles DUI blog — children and relatives of famous celebrities cause terrible harm to their reputation and future (and sometimes to other people) by making unwise choices regarding drinking and getting behind the wheel. To wit, consider the…
This awful news qualifies as one of most disturbing Los Angeles DUI stories of the year: a 16-year-old girl died over the weekend, after a suspected DUI driver smashed into her Palmdale apartment complex. Police found a mini-van jammed inside a building on 10th Street and Avenue R East at…