Manufacture: The Intoxilyzer 8000 (on the right) is used in San Diego DUI cases and in various cities/states. The intoxilyzer 8000 uses the principle of infrared light absorption that attempts to estimate the alcohol in a gas sample. The amount of infrared energy lost due to absorption by ethyl alcohol molecules is proportionate to the DUI…
DetailsI am a San Diego DUI lawyer and I must hear this question every other day! My clients ask me if I can get their case dismissed because the officer did not read them their rights when they were arrested for DUI. The fact of the matter is simply “No, not unless you were under…
DetailsTradition and family history comes in different forms that signify something the we, as people, want to pass on to our kids. Like prayers for God’s blessings, sheep skin diploma for education, family coats of armor for protection, and so on. The term“ Sheep Skin” I find very unique. How did sheep skin…
DetailsIn my 24 years practicing DUI and criminal defense, I have found that since about 1998, the internet is where people arrested for DUI look for their attorney. The age old question seems to be whether our future clients search for San Diego DUI Lawyer (since Vista, El Cajon, South Bay, and San Diego Central…
DetailsI defended a young man on a drug case recently who could have been my son. This young man, let’s call him “Mason”, went to a club in Tijuana to have some fun. He was not yet 21, but he was over 18 which allowed him to go “clubbing” legally in Mexico. Mason had a…
DetailsWell that is a good question! It goes like this; you are accused of drunk driving. You are told by the police that you have to take a blood or breath test. You think, “Is that right, or are the police just telling me that to get evidence to use against me?” You know police…
DetailsIt is the age old dilemma that people, whether Mexican or U.S., don’t trust banks. And if a tax is imposed for depositing money, more mattresses get stuffed and more money is buried in the back yard. That is precisely what is happening in Mexico where the Mexican Government’s “Cash Deposit Tax” levies a 3%…
DetailsThe US Government Confiscates about 13 million dollars per Day in Assets by administrative Process, and Many Owners of the seized Property are not Accused of a Crime says www.forfeiture.gov How can the U.S. Government do that is the question being asked by many law abiding citizens whose cash, cars, boats and even houses are taken…
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My client recently handed me a letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. I read it and started to give some thought to what a “non-lawyer” would think about all the confusing legal terms, sometimes referred to as legalese. That is, I thought, “what if I got such a…
DetailsThis is a phrase that, as a lawyer, I hear from my clients when their money, car, purses, mobile phones, and just about anything is seized at the border or a checkpoint by the Border Patrol or any police agency. It is confusing because the legal term is seized or confiscated by police ( Confiscacion…
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