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Public Intoxication and DUI Arrests in Chico, Butte County Un Happy Halloween

CHICO – 37 people were arrested as Halloween weekend in Chico got underway, according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports.  Butte County DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyer, Daniel Ledford, commented, “It is not surprising that the vast majority of the arrests were for public intoxication under California Penal Code section 647(f).”  Besides the social stigma …

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Supreme Court Rules Warrant Required to Draw Blood in DUI Case – What Does it Mean for Butte County California DUI Cases?

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case Missouri v. McNeely (U.S. Supreme Court No. 11-1425), holding that the natural metabolization of alcohol in the bloodstream does not present a per se exigency (meaning emergency) that justifies an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant require­ment for nonconsensual blood testing in all …

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Butte County DUI Lawyer Daniel Ledford Explains the Modified Helmandollar Plea – Resolving California DMV Driver’s License Suspension and Low Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC Driving Under the Influence Cases

CHICO, CA – Low blood alcohol DUI cases lend themselves to plea deals.  You had a couple drinks with dinner.  On the way home you are pulled over by the police because you were speeding or failed to completely stop at a stop sign.  The officer smells beer, wine or liquor.  You admit drinking.  You …

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Butte County DUI & Public Intoxication Arrests – Labor Day Weekend Nets Multiple CSU Chico Student Arrests

Chico Enterprise Record Staff Writer Katy Sweeny documents arrests made over Labor Day Weekend in Butte County in her piece entitled Dozens of Arrests Made Over Labor Day Weekend.  DUI and Public Intoxication pursuant to Penal Code section 647(f) are par for the course on the Sacramento River every year during the Labor Day Weekend …

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‘Tis the Medical Marijuana Season – Compliance Checks, Raids, Pot Busts, Arrests and Prosecutions meet California’s Prop 215 and District Attorney Guidelines

As a criminal defense attorney in Butte County serving clients in Chico, Paradise, Oroville and surrounding communities, people ask me how to comply with Medical Marijuana laws so they can lawfully possess or cultivate marijuana.  It’s a perfectly legitimate question without a simple answer. Let’s start with the easier part – Federal law.  There is …

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Boating Under the Influence – Saturation Patrols Begin Today on Lake Oroville

According to Chico Enterprise Record Staff Reports dated June 21, 2012, a four-day campaign to educate people on the risks of boating under the influence of alcohol and drugs (BUI or the DUI of Boating) begins today at Lake Oroville.  The BUI campaign is called 2012 Operation Dry Water and is going on nationwide through …

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Medical Marijuana and Butte County Measure A on June 5 Ballot

The Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Prop 215) is the authoritative law on Medical Marijuana in California — and Butte County (including unincorporated areas and cities like Chico and Oroville). Prop 215 provides a legal defense to criminal prosecution under California law for possessing or cultivating marijuana. Measure A is a referendum on Butte County …

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