Attorney Kirk Tarman Answers If The DUI Laws Have Recently Changed Along With The Drug Sentencing Laws
Have California DUI laws eased like drug laws? Just the opposite, says San Bernardino criminal defense attorney Kirk Tarman. While most drug cases now flow into diversion programs that can end in dismissal, DUIs are specifically excluded—grouped with domestic violence and sex-registration offenses—even though a DUI, he notes, is really an addiction-based problem.
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Answered by Kirk Tarman · San Bernardino County, CA
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Have California DUI laws eased like drug laws?
Just the opposite. While most drug cases now flow into diversion that can end in dismissal, DUIs are specifically excluded and enforcement has grown tougher.
Why are DUIs treated differently from drug cases?
DUIs are grouped with domestic violence and sex-registration offenses and left out of diversion, even though a DUI is really an addiction-based problem.
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