The City of San Francisco is unique in their policy of prosecuting people charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI). First of all, unlike many other cities and counties San Francisco will give you a very quick court date for your arraignment; usually in as short a time as two (2) to three (3) days from the date of your arrest. That means you should be acting fast to find a qualified San Francisco DUI lawyer who can appear at the arraignment for you.
San Francisco is one of the few cities and counties to still use the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing machine for its chemical tests. This means that your lawyer should be well versed with the errors of this machine to help you in your defense, and there are many errors with the machine. I am not telling you the Intoxilyzer 5000 is a bad breath machine, but it does have flaws that cause innocent people to be convicted in the criminal case.
The San Francisco criminal courts are also unique in their trial system. If your case remains at 850 Bryant Street for trial, all trials are held in the afternoon only. However, if your case is transferred to San Francisco Civic Center Courthouse, the trial will run all day until completed. This means that you should plan to take your vacation time for a trial at 850 Bryant Street because it will take twice as long to complete. As a DUI lawyer that regularly appears in the San Francisco courthouse on these charges for my clients I am fully familiar with these procedures. I will be more than happy to go over all of the procedures of your DUI charges and defenses in a FREE consultation. Call me at : (510) 346-6666 or Toll Free (800) 690-4DUI/(800) 690-4384.