A first DUI is charged as a misdemeanor for most people in California, but it sets two separate processes in motion. The criminal case runs through the court, while the DMV opens its own action against your licence on a much shorter deadline that is easy to miss.

Breath and blood results are not beyond challenge, and neither are the reasons given for the initial stop. If you have been arrested for a first DUI in Oakland, a Oakland DUI lawyer can address both the court case and the licence side of it.