Admin Per Se Hearing

San Bernardino Administrative Per Se Hearings Attorney

If you are charged with Drunk driving in California, you will face court action on the criminal charge and a DMV hearing regarding the suspension of your driving privileges.

As a veteran Palm Desert defense attorney, the office of Michael B. Goldstein offers comprehensive defense of DUI charges at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, California as well as Administrative Per Se Hearings at the Department of Motor Vehicles offices in San Bernardino or Palm Springs.

By appearing in person (many attorneys handle DMV hearings over the phone), the office of Michael B. Goldstein can defend your right to drive at the DMV suspension hearing while building your defense for the DUI case in criminal court.

Having an experienced Indio drunk driving attorney represent you at a DMV hearing is important for a number of reasons: It permits your attorney to get a good look at the criminal case being built against you, and it is a fight for your driving rights. For instance, if the jury finds you not guilty of the DUI charges in court, a DMV suspension be overturned. But if an attorney is successful in getting the charges reduced, you will not be able to regain your driving privileges if they have been suspended by the DMV.

If you are facing a California Department of Motor Vehicles hearing as a result of a DUI arrest, call Michael Goldstein, an experienced Palm Desert DUI lawyer and Palm Springs DMV hearing attorney serving San Bernardino and the surrounding area.

Protect your rights! Call (760) 772-4278 for a free and confidential appointment today.

Drunk Driving Hearings

A California DMV hearing following a drunk driving arrest concerns only your driving privileges.

The following issues are up for debate:

If you took a blood or breath test:

• Did the police officer have reasonable cause to believe you were driving a motor vehicle in violation of the state’s drunk driving laws?
• Were you placed under lawful arrest?
• Were you driving a motor vehicle when you had a .08 BAC?

If you refused or failed to complete a blood or breath test:

• Did the police officer have reasonable cause to believe you were driving a motor vehicle in violation of the state’s drunk driving laws?
• Were you placed under lawful arrest?
• Were you told that refusal to submit to a test or failing to complete a test would result in your driving privileges being suspended for 1 year or revoked for 2 or 3 years?
• Did you refuse to submit or fail to complete a test after being requested to do so by a police officer?

Source: California Department of Motor Vehicles