California New DUI Law for 2010

Effective July 1, 2010, a new California DUI law, SB 598, if implemented, will allow those drunk drivers who are convicted of a second or third driving under the influence (DUI) offense to get a restricted license earlier than under the old law, if these offenders: Read more »

New York Is Set for Strict Stand on D.W.I. Cases- Will California Follow?

It is a fact that California driving under the influence (DUI or DWI) laws and penalties are becoming stricter every year. A DUI offender can be now be charged with a felony if he or she has received multiple DUI convictions in the 10 years prior to arrest, and even a first-time offender can face a felony conviction for DUI if he or she was involved in an accident while driving drunk if someone is injured. In Arizona, and more recently, New York, a new law was passed making it a felony to drive while intoxicated if there is a child in the car. Will California follow in the stead of other states imposing even harsher penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI or DWI) when there is a child in the car? Read more »

Thinking Outside the Box: Bench Warrants and Alternatives to Deferred Entry of Judgment (DEJ)

As criminal defense attorneys, we are trained to analyze the criminal laws and to apply them to the facts of our cases. When we fight for our clients in court, we tend to keep with us these rigid notions of what the criminal law states, what the criminal law means, and how it should be applied to our clients’ cases. Sometimes, however, this rigid framework, which has been instilled in us since law school, does criminal defense lawyers more harm than good. Often, we obtain the best results for our clients when we think outside the box and forget about what the penal law says according to a strict interpretation.
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Sex Crimes Defense: A Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Uphill Battle

Especially in today’s world with the dominating force of the media and the Internet, an accused that faces felony or misdemeanor charges for a sex crime in California is facing a serious and long uphill battle.
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The New Wave of Sex Crimes: Common Myths About “Sexting,” Online Chatting, and Child Pornography

In this new age of technology, Los Angeles child pornography defense lawyers, and Los Angeles sex crimes defense lawyers, are having to become more and more creative in their legal strategies as they fight an increasing number cases involving new sex crimes such as sexually explicit online chatting and “sexting.”
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DUI Breath Testing Not Accurate – Recent Significant Supreme Court Ruling

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Los Angeles Federal Drug Crimes — Quantity Matters

Being arrested by “The Feds” for a federal drug crime is probably one of the scariest moments in a person’s life. The image of emotionless men coming to arrest you in dark suits, and dark sunglasses, pops into many people’s heads, courtesy of pop culture movies and TV shows. Read more »

3 Common Mistakes People Make After Being Arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs – DUI /DWI

You have just been arrested for drunk driving. After a stressful encounter with police, and a nightmare in jail, you may be hanging in there by a thread. Everyone is giving you their opinions. You just want this to end. What do you do? At White Goldstein, we strongly encourage our clients to learn as much as they can about the nature of their case and their options. One way to do this is to gather information online from blogs such as this one, newsletters, and other similar sources. However, the information you may receive online may not be reliable or accurate, and it may not be applicable in your state or county where you were arrested. The following is a list of three common mistakes people make when arrested for DUI in California:   Read more »

California New DUI Law for 2010

Effective July 1, 2010, a new California DUI law, SB 598, if implemented, will allow those drunk drivers who are convicted of a second or third driving under the influence (DUI) offense to get a restricted license earlier than under the old law, if these offenders: Read more »