Virginia L. Landry Law Blog

Have you ever had a person snoop through your personal items?  How about your cell phone, texts, personal emails and your social networking sites?  Wouldn’t many say that this is bothersome for the most part?  The government is taking privacy violation this much further and providing the police even more power over our right to privacy.  The CA state Supreme Court recently ruled by a 5-2 vote that police do not need a warrant to search a cell phone carried by... Read More

On Monday, December 27, 2010, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, along with court personnel at the Harbor Justice Center, in Newport Beach, California,  executed a special “sting” operation on people with suspended licenses and multiple DUIs.  Deputies “warned” people with suspended licenses not to... Read More

Sometimes bad things happen to good people.  Don’t let this happen to you!  It is has been reported that Buena Park Police Office T. Reyes, stopped, evaluated and arrested Mayor Fred Smith on December 20th for allegedly driving under the influence, because he smelled alcohol and Mayor Smith did not do well on the Read More

As reported by the Orange County Register this month, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department has received a significant state grant designed to arrest persons who have consumed alcohol and driven a vehicle.  $874,852 has been allocated for sobriety checkpoints (which notoriously do NOT result in many arrests) as well as roving Read More

Have you heard the news?  The District Attorney in San Diego has reported that there are possible incorrect lab test results connected to some criminal cases in San Diego County, primarily misdemeanors relating to alcohol and drug use.  DUI charges fall under the category of misdemeanor offenses and if you took a recent blood... Read More

One of the most common statements we receive from our clients includes that they were not read their Miranda Rights after being arrested for a DUI.  Police officers don’t necessarily need to advise you of your Miranda Rights if you have been arrested for a DUI.  You may be wondering…how does this make any sense?  Haven’t... Read More

Just recently, a Judge in Malibu court granted Mel Gibson's request to expunge his 2006 DUI arrest from his record.   In California, anyone can request the court to set aside a DUI conviction as though it never happened.  This is called an expungem... Read More