Mark Blair

Mark Blair's Legal Cases (79)

Hayward, CA

DUI and DWI Lawyer at Hayward, CA

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

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DUI and DWI

Cop lies on witness stand & gets caught! Invokes Fifth Amendment

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OUTCOME: Felony dismissed because cop lied and got caught in his lie

Client charged with felony; cop claims he sees client driving; purses driver who crashes; cops find client far from accident; cops arrest client; cop testifies he saw client drive; Mark Blair obtains d ... ispatch tape and hears cop tell dispatcher that cop did NOT see driver because driver was going to fast; Mark Blair asks cop on witness stand if cop ever lied under when testified; cop invokes Fifth Amendment; judge is shocked; DA dismisses felony case. The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

Oakland driver .13 blood: NO DUI

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OUTCOME: Wet reckless; no interlock device (anyone convicted in Alameda County after July 1, 2010 of a first offense DUI must install an interlock device for five months; we avoided that with wet reckless conviction!

CHP observes Oakland driver weaving on freeway; .13 blood

DUI and DWI

San Mateo third offense DUI with accident: no jail

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OUTCOME: DUI conviction but no jail on third offense: six month program; 30 days work program

San Mateo driver with two prior DUIs from 2007 hits center divider on I-380; .15/.14 blood. The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. ... This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

Marin driver weaving across multiple lanes on 101

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OUTCOME: DUI but no jail, no work, no community service, fine only and three month DUI class

CHP spot client's vehicle weaving across multiple lanes of 101; client arrested for DUI; .17 blood. The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific ... client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

San Mateo motorcyclist .21/.20 no DUI

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OUTCOME: NO DUI; public intoxication conviction $540 fine

Motorcycle rider heavily intoxicated; pulls over and goes to sleep; cops roll up and motorcycle engine still warm to the touch; cops wake motorcycle rider and arrest for DUI; .21/.20. The results of t ... his case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

Fremont collision: freight train smashes into DUI driver trying to go around gate

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OUTCOME: No felony; no jail; 10 days of community service/work

Client in a hurry and tried to beat a freight train to the railroad crossing; client drives around the lowered crossing gate; freight train smashes into client's car; client .17/.16. The results of thi ... s case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

DUI dismissed: client arrested with cocaine & DUI

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OUTCOME: DUI dismissed; wet reckless conviction; diverted on cocained

Client arrested with two grams of cocaine after going to late night party; client drank and did cocaine; client charged with felony possession of cocaine; misdemeanor DUI; client received drug classes ... for cocaine (felony to be dismissed after client completes drug classes); DUI dismissed; wet reckless conviction. The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

DUI dismissed: San Jose

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OUTCOME: DUI dismissed!

Late at night, client, a young woman, left bar with friend. Cops were parked outside bar. Client drove home, but before she arrived, cops pulled her over, claiming she had run a red light. No, she i ... nsisted! Judge believed her. .10% DUI dismissed! The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

DUI dismissed: Four Car Crash San Mateo County

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OUTCOME: DUI dismissed; wet reckless conviction

Nightmare every driver dreads: client went out to celebrate, had a couple drinks, and on the way home, just before she arrived at her house, was involved in a collusion with three other cars! .10%, DU ... I dismissed, "wet reckless" conviction! The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

DUI and DWI

Wrongfully stopped late at night Santa Clara County

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OUTCOME: DUI dismissed!

Here's a DUI case that happens a lot: the cop has nothing else to do, is parked outside a bar late at night, waiting for an unsuspecting bar patron to get into his/her vehicle and drive off. Cop inten ... ds to stop the person no matter what. That's exactly what happened: my client, a young woman, got into her car, drove off and the cop stopped her within two blocks of the bar. Why? A signal violation, he claimed. Not so, she said. Judge and prosecutor believed client. .10% DUI dismissed! The results of this case depend on factual and legal circumstances that are unique to this specific client. This information does NOT constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

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