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Southern California DUI Defense
198 N. Arrowhead Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 863-5500
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Were you arrested and charged with a DUI, DWI or drunk
driving offense in San
Bernardino County, including
the cities of Colton, Redlands, Yucaipa, Barstow and
Victorville? Are you seeking to prevent a DUI on your
criminal record, and to protect your California drivers
license? Our top San Bernardino DUI Lawyers may be
able to assist you in accomplishing both.
This San Bernardino County DUI Defense Law firm handles
DUI and drunk driving cases at the San Bernardino Courthouse
as well as the desert cities of:
Barstow DUI Lawyer
Victorville DUI Lawyer
The San Bernardino DUI Court Process
For all DUI and drunk driving arrests in the cities
of San Bernardino, Colton, Redlands and Yucaipa, the
police agency forwards the case to the San
Bernardino County District Attorney for prosecution. When the
DUI case is filed, it is heard at the San Bernardino
Courthouse at 351 N. Arrowhead Avenue. If you were
arrested in one of these cities, you should have received
a DUI citation that designates an initial court date
(called an arraignment).
San Bernardino DUI cases get assigned to particular
courtrooms and judges based on the defendant’s
last name (a process called an alpha-split). However,
one individual prosecutor handles all San Bernardino
DUI matters for the purpose of pre-trial plea negotiations
(cases that go to suppression motion or jury trial
ultimately get assigned to a separate trial prosecutor).
The prosecutor meets daily with San Bernardino DUI
Lawyers to discuss and negotiate the drunk driving
cases set that day. If the prosecutor has evidentiary
problems with a DUI case, or circumstances warrant
leniency, he may agree to reduce the charge to a wet
reckless or traffic infractions.
San Bernardino DUI Penalties
First time San Bernardino DUI
convictions carry fairly standard penalties that are similar state-wide: 3 years
of misdemeanor probation, a fine of about $1500.00
and the 4-month AB-541 alcohol program. Also, the San
Bernardino court reports the DUI conviction to the
California DMV, which then imposes a 6-month drivers
license suspension.
San Bernardino DUI penalties in second and third time
drunk driving cases become significantly harsher. California
state law requires a minimum of 96 hours jail time
on a second DUI and 120 days jail time on a third DUI.
However, the San Bernardino District Attorney has set
a drunk driving policy of seeking 45 days jail on a
second offense and 180 days jail on a third offense.
This can sometimes be served as a jail alternative
such as a weekend release program or house arrest.
In any event, conviction for a San Bernardino DUI
or drunk driving charge is never unavoidable. An experienced
San Bernardino DUI lawyer can often negotiate to get
the charges reduced, or secure an acquittal at jury
trial.
San Bernardino DUI Alcohol Programs & Classes
Persons convicted of a DUI offense in San Bernardino
will be sentenced to complete either the four month
AB541 or the 18 month SB38 alcohol program. These alcohol
classes are offered throughout the state of California.
DUI alcohol programs local to San Bernardino include:
Hase & Associates
Systems, Inc.
353 West 6th Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401
(909) 888-0149
Contact: Donna Dobbs
Pegasus DUI San Bernardino
2282 North Sierra Way
San Bernardino, CA 92405
(909) 881-1570
Contact: Marcella Wess
Jackson-Bibby Awareness Group, Inc.
1200 Arizona, Suite 10
Redlands, CA 92374
(909) 792-6925
Cedar House Rehabilitation Center
18612 Santa Ana Avenue
Bloomington, CA 92316
(909) 421-7120
The use of the Internet for communications with the firm will not establish
an attorney-client relationship and messages containing confidential
or time-sensitive information should not be sent.
San Bernardino Drunk Driving Resources on the Web:
The San Bernardino Courthouse
The Central Courthouse at 351 N. Arrowhead Avenue in San Bernardino is where a DUI case will probably be heard if the DUI occurred in San Bernardino, Redlands, Yucaipa, Rialto or Colton.
San Bernardino DUI Defense Attorneys
Drunk driving defense lawyers handling DUI and vehicular manslaughter cases throughout San Bernardino County.
San Bernardino County Courts
Find information on all DUI and drunk driving cases prosecuted in San Bernardino County.
West Valley Detention Center
Most inmates incarcerated on DUI, vehicular manslaughter and other driving related crimes will be housed here.
San Bernardino Police Department
Along with the CHP, one of the two main law enforcement agency investigating DUI cases in the city of San Bernardino.
San Bernardino County Legal Aid Clinic
Affordable legal services for qualifying residents of San Bernardino County.
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office
Prosecuting agency for all misdemeanor and felony DUI and DUI-related crimes occurring in the County of San Bernardino.
San Bernardino DUI Defense Attorneys
Drunk driving defense lawyers handling DUI and vehicular manslaughter cases throughout San Bernardino County.
The Bar Association of San Bernardino County
Information regarding legal services and court services the County of San Bernardino.
San Bernardino County Probation Department
The San Bernardino County Probation Department supervises persons on felony probation for DUI related convictions.
San Bernardino Criminal Defense Attorneys
San Bernardino criminal defense lawyers handling criminal cases in San Bernardino, including DUI, drunk driving, spousal battery, weapons offense and murder..
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