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Fact #7:
If you are ill or have been in an accident and are taken to the hospital for treatment, you are required to give blood. But there must be a reason to take you to the hospital, not just because the Officer wants you to take a blood test. In California you have the right to choose between a breath or blood test. Always choose breath at the police station; not the hand held breath test in the street unless the Officer tells you that it is the chemical test and not a preliminary test. Now if the Officer suspects that you are under the influence of drugs, the Officer may also require you to take a urine or blood test in addition to the breath test, but the Officer must tell you so, and if that is the case, take it, but never request another test after you have taken the breath test at the police station even if one is offered.

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Bay Area DUI Defense Lawyer

In 16 years of practice as a DUI lawyer throughout the California Bay Area, I have helped hundreds of people save their driver’s license and avoid jail by getting their charges reduced or dismissed in both DUI criminal and DMV cases.

The first thing to remember is that the Officer was not fair to you; that is why you want me because I am not going to be fair with the Officer. The Officer didn’t tell you the truth. He or she didn’t tell you that you didn’t have to do Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs), and that it would be your word against the Officer's as to how you did if you take the case to trial. The Officer probably didn’t tell you that you didn’t have to take the breath test in the street, but if you did take that test in the street, the numbers, which they didn’t tell what they were, would come into trial against you as if they were the actual chemical test; that is not exactly fair either is it? So, I subpoena all of the records, and with your permission, I also subpoena the Officer to the DMV hearing because in 99% of the cases the Officer made a lot of mistakes and you need to know what they are so that you can fight back. It still isn’t a fair fight, but without this information that I get for my clients, unlike some other attorneys who don’t get this information, we put together a fight they don’t like. I hate that people like you get abused by the government, and that is why I do it, so call me now at (510) 346-6666.

The Government has great power, and financial resource that they will use against a private citizen like you in prosecuting your DUI case. DON’T LET THIS ECONOMY STOP YOU from defending yourself. In addition to my low and reasonable fee, for many who have been unable to pay that fee in full at the time of hiring me, I have been able assist many hard working people who cannot afford to pay the full cost of their defense at the time of hiring me with a payment plan; and without a payment plan to hire a lawyer, they would have suffered greatly. The DMV and District Attorney will prosecute this crime in a very serious manner, You can spend time in jail, be fined up to $3,500, sent to DUI school up to 9 months, placed on probation up to 5 years, have your car impounded, lose your driving privilege for 6 months, and receive a major insurance increase, and this is just for a first time offense. The penalties for a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are compounded dramatically which is why you need a DUI lawyer now and I take your case as serious as they do. I am the lawyer who will be handling your case.. Unlike some firms that you may call and talk to over the phone and you want to hire because you like the person you are talking with, but later turns your case over to a lawyer you don’t know and have never talked to or me. I, Donald Gray Drewry, will be the lawyer that represents you, with many years of experience as a DUI defense attorney in helping people just like you, I do know what you need. Let me help you relax and assist you with your DUI problem. Call me for FREE IN PERSON CONSULTATION

Don’t make the mistake of thinking this is just a traffic ticket because it is not. In addition to that, according to MADD of Orange County California, if a defendant is convicted for a first time DUI, their insurance can increase over the next three (3) years as much as $2,200 per year or $6,600 over the following three (3) years. Here is the GOOD NEWS. I have been able to save defendants THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in their insurance increases from DUIs in addition to all the help I give them in both the criminal charges and DMV hearings. A criminal conviction stays on your record for life. Because California DUI law is so complex and constantly changing, you need a lawyer that handles nothing but DUI cases so that you get the best possible resolution for your case. My experience as a Reserve Police Officer, solo unit, special education and training will be the equalizer in defending you in your case. I apply years of experience not only as a lawyer, but as an officer who arrested people for DUI in personally handling your case. Unlike some large State wide firms where you talk to an 800 number and then get assigned to a local attorney, I handle your case. My personal office staff of Araceli or Olympia will assist me to give the best possible defense to your case. I know your case is important to you, and that is why I handle your case.


Here are just 5 of many reasons why you should hire Donald Gray Drewry as your San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose or Bay Area DUI Lawyer:

1. 16 Years of successfully specializing in DUI defense for his clients

2. Is not afraid to take a DUI case to trial for his clients

3. Is trained in the Toxicology of Alcohol

4. Is Trained in the use, maintenance and calibration of the machines used in the street by police and knows the flaws

5. Is a qualified Instructor of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests by the Federal Government NHTSA, the tests that police officers use, generally incorrectly, in the field with the people that they arrest


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