Chico, CA. May 23, 2014. Officers with law enforcement agencies throughout Butte County (Chico, Oroville, Paradise and surrounding communities) will be patrolling in large numbers Memorial Day weekend to keep impaired drivers off the road, according to Oroville Mercury Register staff reports dated May 21, 2014. The Avoid the 8 anti-driving under the influence task …
May 5, 2014. Chico Enterprise Record reports that a sobriety and driver license checkpoint is planned tonight (4 pm to midnight) at an undisclosed location some where in southern Butte County, according to an Oroville office of the California Highway Patrol press release. In a separate article, the Chico Enterprise Record reports, “Would-be drivers who’ve …
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Chico, CA – Initial reports show at least 13 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or both, between Wednesday and Friday in Butte County (according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports). From July 3 through July 7, eight law enforcement agencies in Butte County set up DUI checkpoints and …
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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 …
According to Chico Enterprise Record Staff Reports, in a crackdown of drunk drivers, law enforcement agencies in Butte County arrested 67 drivers in the last 17 days. The arrests were from Dec. 14 to Dec. 30, throughout the county. In a similar campaign in 2011, 76 DUI arrests were made over the same period, according …
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 …
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 …
August 28, 2012 Oroville, CA – The Butte County Board of Supervisors have all but jettisoned a second attempt at a Medical Marijuana Ordinance after a public hearing this afternoon. Board chambers were full, mostly with people opposed to what I refer to as Ordinance 2.0 because it would become the second medical marijuana measure …
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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 …
According to Chico Enterprise Record Staff Reports dated July 8, 2012, Paradise Police arrested 15 people at a DUI checkpoint through the course of Friday night in Butte County, California. Only two motorists were arrested under suspicion of drunk driving, said Lt. Steve Rowe. Two were arrested on drug related felony charges and another 10 …
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