California Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of California or Court of Appeals of California where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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People v. Philpot - 4/24/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Garcia - 4/23/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Edwards - 4/23/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. French - 4/21/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Irvin - 4/18/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Reading - 4/17/2003
Appellant, Floyd Arthur Reading, was convicted by jury verdict of vehicular manslaughter (Count I; Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (c)(3)). An automobile driven by appellant on a state freeway struck an overturned vehicle that had come to...
People v. Garcia - 4/16/2003
Here we stifle "creative accounting" by a prosecutor who attempts to create multiple crimes out of just one. As our California Supreme Court indicated over 100 years ago: "Although, when a man has done a criminal act, the prosecutor...
Williams v. Department of Motor Vehicles - 4/16/2003
The director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) appeals a judgment granting a petition for writ of mandate. The judgment overturns a decision of the DMV which suspended the driving privilege of Kimberly Williams...
People v. Johnson - 4/15/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Berry - 4/15/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Todd - 4/15/2003
THE COURT
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On December 20, 2000, appellant Michael Wayne Todd pled nolo contendere to second degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459, count one) and to petty theft with a prior felony conviction (Pen....
People v. Tercero - 4/14/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Evangelisti - 4/11/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Medina - 4/10/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Spence - 4/9/2003
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
This case presents the question whether the exclusionary rule should apply to a probation search conducted by police officers in reliance on a probation roster that, by design, omitted information...
People v. Jimenez - 4/8/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Guerra - 4/8/2003
David Marino Guerra was convicted of driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or greater. (Veh. Code § 23152, subd. (b).) The appellate division of the Superior Court affirmed the conviction. The appellate division denied...
People v. Kennedy - 4/7/2003
A jury convicted defendant and appellant Robert Stanley Kennedy (defendant) of three counts of robbery under Penal Code section 211, six counts of felony false imprisonment under section 236, one count of felony assault under...
People v. Durango - 4/2/2003
A jury convicted defendant Pedro Luis Durazo of raping Briana D. (Briana) while she was unable to resist due to intoxication. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, asserts instructional error and argues the court lacked...
People v. Hernandez - 4/1/2003
Appellant Ruben Hernandez was convicted by jury verdict of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by an ex-felon. The jury also found that, in committing the charged assault, appellant personally used a...
People v. Henson - 3/27/2003
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A jury found defendant was guilty of two counts of possessing a short-barreled shotgun (Pen. Code, § 12020, subd. (a)), one count of reckless evasion of an officer (Veh. Code, § 2800.2), one...
People v. Vasquez - 3/27/2003
1. Introduction
Defendant was charged in count I, with driving under the influence of alcohol and causing injury to Monte Joe Bertoldo (Bertoldo). (Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (a).) It was further alleged that defendant...
People v. Sole - 3/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Jansen - 3/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Scott - 3/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Lewis - 3/27/2003
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lilia Garcia and Stacy A. Tyler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ...
People v. Taylor - 3/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Jauregui - 3/26/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Hodges - 3/25/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Hennagan - 3/25/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Waddell - 3/25/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Koo - 3/24/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Hill - 3/21/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Auzenne - 3/19/2003
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING: Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petition denied.
Following the denial of defendant's suppression motion (Pen. Code, § 1538.5), he pled no contest to possessing a controlled substance (Health & Saf....
People v. Hillery - 3/18/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Castle - 3/18/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Britt - 3/18/2003
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
When a registered sex offender changes his or her residence in California, the person must, within five working days, provide written notification of the change to the law enforcement agency with which...
People v. Hickerson - 3/14/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Cross - 3/14/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Vega - 3/12/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Ohlmaier - 3/12/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Burchfield - 3/12/2003
A jury convicted defendant and appellant Joseph Arthur Burchfield (defendant) of first degree murder under Penal Code section 187, subdivision (a), and second degree robbery under section 211. Defendant was sentenced to a term of 25...
People v. Avila - 3/10/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Hinzo - 3/10/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Lytle - 3/6/2003
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has not been certified for...
People v. Carmony - 2/28/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Campbell - 2/28/2003
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
I. Introduction
This case involves Proposition 36, an initiative measure passed in the November 2000 general election that enacted the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (hereafter...
People v. Lopez - 2/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Michael O. v. Superior Court of San Diego - 2/26/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Gatlin v. Department of Motor Vehicles - 2/26/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Gaspar - 2/25/2003
Defendant Gaspar was charged with one count of first degree murder in violation of Penal Code section 187. It was further alleged that defendant personally used a knife to commit the murder (§§ 12022, subd. (b)(1) & 1192.7,...
People v. Rand - 2/25/2003
THE COURT:
Harry Rand, Jr. was convicted of auto theft as a felony and driving under the influence and being under the influence of a controlled substance as misdemeanors. He contends there is insufficient evidence to support...
People v. Sullivan - 2/25/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Buggs - 2/25/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Martinez - 2/21/2003
1. Introduction
Defendant entered an open plea of guilty to three felonies: in count 1, to driving under the influence and causing injury, in count 2, to driving while having .08 grams and more, by weight, of alcohol in his...
People v. Alvarado - 2/20/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Finch - 2/19/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Richmond - 2/19/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Jackson - 2/19/2003
THE COURT
Appellant Andre D. Jackson entered a plea of nolo contendere to one count of possession for sale of cocaine base (Health & Saf. Code, §11351.5), and also admitted the truth of a Penal Code section 186.22,...
People v. Tuerlings - 2/19/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Chism - 2/18/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Hoffman - 2/11/2003
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
An information filed in Stanislaus Superior Court on June 1, 2001, charged appellant Kerry Allan Hoffman with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury in violation of Vehicle Code section 23153,...
People v. Menendez - 2/7/2003
Allen Jeffrey Menendez was convicted of unlawful vehicle taking (Veh. Code, § 10851) and a prior conviction was found true. The trial court doubled Menendez's sentence because the prior qualified as a "strike" under the Three Strikes...
People v. Dominguez - 2/7/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Henderson - 2/4/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Goldberg - 1/31/2003
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
Christopher John Goldberg (Goldberg) appeals from a sentence imposed after he violated the terms of his probation. He contends the trial court erred by refusing to reinstate his probation pursuant to...
People v. Williams - 1/31/2003
A magistrate reduced two "wobbler" felonies to misdemeanors at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing. (Pen. Code, § 17, subd. (b)(5); all further statutory references are to the Penal Code.) The district attorney appeals from the...
People v. Gomez - 1/29/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Pittman - 1/28/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Pettaway - 1/28/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Adams - 1/27/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Banks - 1/24/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Bates - 1/23/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
People v. Jacko - 1/23/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has...
People v. Kim - 1/22/2003
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
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