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Military Officer Stopped with BAC Limit Below DUI Status – Challenges Search & Seizure

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|Date: August 11, 2020
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Military Officer Stopped with BAC Limit Below DUI Status – Challenges Search & Seizure

By Susana Jurado FRESNO, C.A. - A military officer, charged with running a stop sign while possibly being ...

By Susana Jurado FRESNO, C.A. - A military officer, charged with running a stop sign while possibly being under the influence, pleaded not guilty and his attorney is filing a suppression motion claimi ...

August 11, 2020
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Drunk ‘Fugitive’ Crashes Car; Early Case Resolution Leads to Probation

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|Date: August 10, 2020
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Drunk ‘Fugitive’ Crashes Car; Early Case Resolution Leads to Probation

By Susana Jurado FRESNO – A woman charged with two counts of crashing her car into a parked one while dri ...

By Susana Jurado FRESNO – A woman charged with two counts of crashing her car into a parked one while driving under the influence—and marked as a fugitive because she failed to appear in Fresno County ...

August 10, 2020
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‘Either Be High on Alcohol, or Be with Your Family,’ Judge Warns Unemployed Mom

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|Date: August 10, 2020
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‘Either Be High on Alcohol, or Be with Your Family,’ Judge Warns Unemployed Mom

By Pavan Potti MERCED – Rachael Silva was arrested for reckless driving, under the influence of alcohol, ...

By Pavan Potti MERCED – Rachael Silva was arrested for reckless driving, under the influence of alcohol, June 23 and when she appeared in Merced County Superior Court last Thursday, she began by quibb ...

August 10, 2020
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‘Lucky’ Man Guilty of 4th DUI in 10 Years

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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‘Lucky’ Man Guilty of 4th DUI in 10 Years

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – Brian Tipton might be called a “lucky” man, even though he was sentenced to ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – Brian Tipton might be called a “lucky” man, even though he was sentenced to nearly a year in jail this week here in Sacramento County Superior Court. “Lucky” because, alt ...

August 01, 2020
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DUI Jury Trial Closing Statements

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|Date: March 16, 2020
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DUI Jury Trial Closing Statements

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- A woman was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of a ...

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- A woman was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol after allegedly side-sweeping a FedEx truck and making a dent in the right hand corner o ...

March 16, 2020
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Incapacitated by Alcohol, Man T-Bones Another Vehicle in Intersection

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|Date: February 11, 2020
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Incapacitated by Alcohol, Man T-Bones Another Vehicle in Intersection

By Abigail Henderson WOODLAND - A man who allegedly ran a red light while intoxicated and collided with a ...

By Abigail Henderson WOODLAND - A man who allegedly ran a red light while intoxicated and collided with an oncoming vehicle within the intersection faced a preliminary hearing today. On May 16, 2018, ...

February 11, 2020
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Defense Uses Dash Camera Footage in Opening Statement of DUI Trial

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|Date: November 27, 2019
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Defense Uses Dash Camera Footage in Opening Statement of DUI Trial

By Danielle Silva The defense pointed to the arresting officer’s dash camera footage in a driving-under-t ...

By Danielle Silva The defense pointed to the arresting officer’s dash camera footage in a driving-under-the-influence trial, arguing the defendant was "stopped for driving short of perfection." On Sep ...

November 27, 2019
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Police Self-Inflicted Injury Contributes to Felony Charge

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|Date: November 26, 2019
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Police Self-Inflicted Injury Contributes to Felony Charge

By Julie Maruskin A police officer was injured when trying to break open a car window to aid an allegedly ...

By Julie Maruskin A police officer was injured when trying to break open a car window to aid an allegedly overdosing driver. In a preliminary hearing, the defendant, Joaquin Cordova, plead not guilty ...

November 26, 2019
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Body Camera Footage Showed Uneven Surface During DUI Assessment

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|Date: November 11, 2019
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Body Camera Footage Showed Uneven Surface During DUI Assessment

By Julie Maruskin and Evan Chu During a preliminary hearing for a DUI case, the defense attorney used the ...

By Julie Maruskin and Evan Chu During a preliminary hearing for a DUI case, the defense attorney used the body camera footage of the expert witness, Officer Guillermo Zuniga, to show that he observed ...

November 11, 2019
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Simple DUI Trial Goes Awry

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2019
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Simple DUI Trial Goes Awry

By Allison Ramsey and Celeste Campbell In Department 14 a trial was underway for the charge of driving un ...

By Allison Ramsey and Celeste Campbell In Department 14 a trial was underway for the charge of driving under the influence. In what should have been a simple DUI trial, Assistant District Attorney Jos ...

October 09, 2019
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Witnesses Questioned in DUI Case

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|Date: September 26, 2019
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Witnesses Questioned in DUI Case

By Citlalli Peralta Woodland - A California Highway Patrol officer who investigated the collision of t ...

By Citlalli Peralta Woodland - A California Highway Patrol officer who investigated the collision of two cars on Westbound Interstate 80 on Sept. 17, 2018, took the stand in a DUI trial. The defend ...

September 26, 2019
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The DUI Puzzle: If the Pieces Don’t Fit, You Must Acquit!

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|Date: September 26, 2019
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The DUI Puzzle: If the Pieces Don’t Fit, You Must Acquit!

By Allison Ramsey After three days of experts and witnesses, “the defense rests” were the first words of ...

By Allison Ramsey After three days of experts and witnesses, “the defense rests” were the first words of the day. The judge then read instructions for the jury to follow during their deliberations. As ...

September 26, 2019
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Non-Compliant Breathalyzer Used in DUI Case

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|Date: September 25, 2019
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Non-Compliant Breathalyzer Used in DUI Case

By Hannah Grayson A DUI trial reconvened on its second day Monday morning in Department 14. It was found ...

By Hannah Grayson A DUI trial reconvened on its second day Monday morning in Department 14. It was found that the breathalyzer used to determine blood alcohol content was not compliant with California ...

September 25, 2019
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Trial Starts for DUI Case

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|Date: September 23, 2019
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Trial Starts for DUI Case

By Hannah Grayson On Friday morning, the trial began in a DUI case presided over by Judge Alexandra Rober ...

By Hannah Grayson On Friday morning, the trial began in a DUI case presided over by Judge Alexandra Robert Gordon in Department 14. The defendant was pulled over at 2:15 a.m. on April 17 of this year ...

September 23, 2019
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DUI Case Balances between a Felony and Misdemeanor Charge

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|Date: August 30, 2019
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DUI Case Balances between a Felony and Misdemeanor Charge

By Joshua Liang Woodland - A man charged with allegedly driving under the influence faces the possibility ...

By Joshua Liang Woodland - A man charged with allegedly driving under the influence faces the possibility of a misdemeanor charge upgraded to a felony. On August 10, 2019, the defendant allegedly was ...

August 30, 2019
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Forensic Expert Testifies in DUI Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Forensic Expert Testifies in DUI Case

by Marshall Hammons In Department 16, in front of Judge Rene Navarro, expert witness Michael D. Laufer to ...

by Marshall Hammons In Department 16, in front of Judge Rene Navarro, expert witness Michael D. Laufer took the stand in a misdemeanor driving under the influence case where the defendant is accused o ...

August 05, 2019
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DA Attempts to Keep Criminal Charges on Woman After DUI Charges Dismissed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2019
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DA Attempts to Keep Criminal Charges on Woman After DUI Charges Dismissed

Originally, Keya Pikes was on trial for a misdemeanor DUI as well as a misdemeanor for driving on a suspe ...

Originally, Keya Pikes was on trial for a misdemeanor DUI as well as a misdemeanor for driving on a suspended license. But when the DUI charge was thrown out and the case went to closing argument, it ...

July 23, 2019
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DUI Hangs on Evidence of Driving

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|Date: July 18, 2019
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DUI Hangs on Evidence of Driving

By Zachary Zolmer The afternoon resumption of a DUI trial disputed whether or not the defendant was actua ...

By Zachary Zolmer The afternoon resumption of a DUI trial disputed whether or not the defendant was actually driving when intoxicated. At approximately 3 a.m. on January 18, 2019, West Sacramento Poli ...

July 18, 2019
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Underage DUI Crash and Rollover on Highway 50

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|Date: May 24, 2019
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Underage DUI Crash and Rollover on Highway 50

By Lauren Zaren “You lucked out.” In the early morning of August 11, 2018, 20-year-old Dru Skye Hernandez ...

By Lauren Zaren “You lucked out.” In the early morning of August 11, 2018, 20-year-old Dru Skye Hernandez and his male friend drove from Weimer in Placer County to a Snapchat friend’s house in West Sa ...

May 24, 2019
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Man Found Guilty of Evading Police Reached Speeds of 130 MPH

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|Date: April 27, 2019
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Man Found Guilty of Evading Police Reached Speeds of 130 MPH

By Danielle Silva The DUI trial with the defense seeking one not guilty verdict out of six ended with a j ...

By Danielle Silva The DUI trial with the defense seeking one not guilty verdict out of six ended with a jury decision of guilty on all counts. Arthur Fernando Samoro had been arrested on December 27, ...

April 27, 2019
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