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Guides written for people facing a DUI or criminal charge in San Diego, and for the families supporting them. General information to help you understand what comes next.
Guides
Start here if you or someone close to you was recently arrested. Each guide explains the process in plain language and points out the deadlines that matter.
What happens after a DUI arrest in San Diego
From the traffic stop to your first court date, step by step.
The 10-day DMV hearing deadline, explained
Why your license case moves faster than your court case.
Can a DUI be expunged in California?
What an expungement does, what it does not do, and who may qualify.
Practice areas
More detail on the cases Marcus E. DeBose handles across San Diego County and southwest Riverside County.
DUI Defense
Breath and blood test challenges, refusals, license concerns and first-time DUI cases.
DUI defense 02Second and Third DUI
California's 10-year lookback, higher stakes, and how the prior itself can be reviewed.
Repeat DUI 03Criminal Defense
Felonies, misdemeanors, fraud, theft and drug charges, especially for people with no prior record.
Criminal defense 04Record Sealing
Expungements and record sealing to help an old conviction stop following you.
Record sealing 05Military Diversion
Options that may be available to current and former members of the military.
Military diversion 06Ask Marcus
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