Criminal
Oct. 2, 2018
Educating first time DUI offenders about the actual penalties they face
The ripple effect of an early disclosure of the likely actual penalties to be incurred by first time DUI alleged offenders will be to educate the consumer of legal services deluged with television and radio advertisements as to exactly what they are facing when arrested for DUI for the first time.
Stroll into Department 22 of the Riverside County Superior Court on most mornings and you will find a lanky Lincolnesque jurist moving among the audience of alleged misdemeanants explaining their rights and meticulously outlining the consequences of accepting responsibility for typically minor offenses charged if they choose to enter a plea of no contest or guilty.
Assisting the jurist's explanation is a carefully laid out, coordin...
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