First DUI in California, what will happen and should I get Lawyer?
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 at
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Hi a couple nights ago I got a DUI in Los Angeles, California for the first time. I definetly will never drink and drive again. Should I get a lawyer, will it help or is it a waist of time. I know Im gonna get slapped with some fines. Would it be cheaper to hire a lawyer? If I could get some feedback on personal experiences that would be great thanks.
Hi a couple nights ago I got a DUI in Los Angeles, California for the first time. I definetly will never drink and drive again. Should I get a lawyer, will it help or is it a waist of time. I know Im gonna get slapped with some fines. Would it be cheaper to hire a lawyer? If I could get some feedback on personal experiences that would be great thanks.
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In cases like this the lawyers like to say they can save you as much if not more than their fee. You decide.
The mandates are fairly specific whether you have an attorney or not, it’s up to the individual. In California it’s going to cost you a pretty penny in the long run, fines, fees for classes you will have to attend while on probation, etc. Also, a first offense most often includes 48 hours in jail.
Yes you should, they will not be nice so you’d better cover your bases. It’s not just the cost of the ticket you need to worry about here, that is why you need a lawyer.
you should have gotten a lawyer before you asked this question. Any moving violation will cost you a fortune in Insurance Premiums and in future job changes and promotions and dui’s are much worse.
You cannot really competently represent yourself in these extremely complicated cases(except in very unusual circumstances and only upon special application and sufficiently supported by a working knowledge of California DUI law).
Why? Because: “A person who represents himself or herself has a fool for a lawyer.”
California DUI a specialized area of law with increasingly harsh California DUI consequences. There are many complex procedural, evidentiary, constitutional, sentencing and administrative license California DUI issues.
An experienced California DUI attorney can review the case for California DUI defects, suppress California DUI evidence, compel discovery of such California DUI items as calibration / maintenance records for the California DUI breath machine, negotiate for a lesser charge or reduced sentence, obtain expert witnesses for any California DUI trial, contest the California DMV administrative per se license suspension, and otherwise challenge one’s California DUI case in many possible ways.
I would also try