You should probably request a public defender instead of hiring a private attorney, if you are eligible. Then the PD can see if there is anything fishy in the police report (which is all that will matter). If so, then spend your money on the expensive attorney if you don't trust the PD. Private attorneys are often (not always, since I myself don't do this) full of sunshine and butterflies only to later disappoint you with the not so sunny truth - hence him promising you that he will "fight to prove your innocence." That is what you are hiring him for, not a promise that he's going to be able to get you off.

I cannot tell you how many times I heard my client's story and thought we might have a shot only to read the police report later and realize there was NOTHING that could be done. Luckily, I never take a DUI anymore without reading the police report, since there is almost never anything that can be done (as cdwjava explained in detail).

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I like blood because it is rarely challenged and almost always results in a guilty plea or trial conviction.
Breath can't be re-tested. Blood can, and always comes out between .01 and .02 lower than the first test. Ergo, if you have a .09 at the station, come trial it will only be .07, which is awesome evidence against the (b) charge.

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Ask your lawyer if he wants to do a 'double of nothing' deal on his fee... based on the outcome. It will be the quickest "NO" you've ever heard in your life!
That is illegal in California. That's why he would get a no. Sometimes I'd gladly do it, dependent on the police report of course.