"Mr. Okorocha is not only a competent attorney but quite an
excellent one. He got rid of count one... not exposing [Defendant] on
the life charge in this case." -- Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court at the Conclusion of a Homicide Trial
"(Mr. Okorocha) is more specialized than any other lawyer that we have ever had in court." -- A 20-year Prosecutor on the skills of Mr. Okorocha
Okorie "Dr. DUI" Okorocha was named Top DUI Attorney for 2009 and is Nationally Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law.
Orange County Violent Crime Attorney
The Orange County District attorney's office which prosecutes crimes in Fullerton, Newport Beach and Santa Ana, amongst others, has the most skilled and diligent Deputy District Attorneys in the State. In addition to being skilled, the prosecutors in Orange County play hardball and any defendant facing a charge must have the best representation that he or she can acquire.
Attorney Okorie Okorocha has the highest qualifications of trial attorneys in the State and no other attorney has been more aggressive or has gone to trial as much as Okorie Okorocha.
The attorneys that go to trial the most get the best offers out of the Orange County District Attorneys, because the Orange County District Attorneys know that aggressive attorneys will not take undesirable offers and will go to trial. Attorneys that have a reputation for plea bargaining do not get good offers because everyone knows they will not do anything about it if they get bad offers
The most common types of violent crimes include:
Homicide - Murder - Attempted Murder
Rape - Child Molestation
Aggravated assault (assault with a weapon)
Battery
Domestic Violence
Stalking
Manslaughter
Vehicular Manslaughter
Child abuse
Kidnapping
Okorie Okorocha is a Lawyer and Expert Witness Forensic Scientist.
Contact our Orange County Violent Crime Lawyers
Our experienced Orange County violent crimes attorneys are dedicated to obtaining the absolute best results for our clients. Our lawyers have an in-depth knowledge of the California criminal law code, and know the most effective ways to obtain favorable results. We provide each and every client with aggressive representation, viable options, and compassionate legal care. Our number one priority is to protect our clients’ personal rights, and ensure that legal justice prevails.
If you are looking for an experienced and trustworthy Orange County violent crimes attorney, contact The Okorocha Firm today for your free, no-obligation consultation at (626) 792-1301 or toll-free at (800) 285-1763!
Prosecutors in Orange County and Santa Ana have the resources no individual can match. Orange County prosecutors have their own investigators, Orange County expert witnesses on staff, the California Highway Patrol, various Orange County Police Departments, the Orange County Sheriffs' Departments, the Department of Motor Vehicles Driver Safety Offices which both have offices throughout Orange County, the Attorney General's Office, and many other public agencies throughout OC. Orange County prosecutors can access virtually any resource they require to fight any DUI or Criminal Case.
As a private party, if you stand accused, you have nothing but your own hard-earned savings to use to mount your Orange County Criminal or DUI defense. From the moment an individual falls under the government's suspicion, this difference in resources places the accused person at a significant disadvantage against the Orange County prosecutors.
Only the wisest use of your resources has the potential to level the field with the Orange County Prosecutors. Experience has shown that hiring counsel as early as possible in the legal process is the wisest choice an accused person can make whether in Los Angeles or Orange County.
When you retain California Legal Team, you know you are receiving the resources of a network of attorneys committed to the Defense of the accused. Many times, the evidence is actually circumstantial evidence which must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, a common loophole that prosecutors use.
Professional Experience
Forensic DUI Drug and Alcohol Consultant
Nationally Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer
Specialist Member – California DUI Lawyers Association
Expert Witness in DUI Drug and Alcohol cases in Orange County and Los Angeles County Courts
Expert in Alcohol Pharmacokinetics testifying in DUI Administrative Hearings
Expert Testimony in California Accepted into Evidence: Alcohol and Drug Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics, Retrograde Extrapolation, Drug and Alcohol Impairment.
Education
2012 - M.Sc. in Forensic Science Candidate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002 - J.D., Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA
1999, B.A., Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA
Forensic Alcohol related Coursework: Forensic Science, Forensic Toxicology, Natural Medicines, Statistics in Science General Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Synthesis and Reactions, General Biology, Cellular Biology,
Microbiology, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Population Biology.
Laboratory coursework: General Chemistry, General Biology, Organic Chemistry, Aspirin Production, Microbiology and Human Anatomy.
2010 DUI Trial Successes no other attorney in Los Angeles or any other part of California obtained:
Los Angeles DUI Case: Blood Test of .11 - Result Not Guilty
Los Angeles DUI Case: Blood Test of .13 - Result-Jury unable to Convict
Los Angeles DUI Case: Breath Test of .19 - Result-Judge Sued for Civil Rights Violations in Federal Court
Marin County Blood Test of .20 - Result-District Attorneys’ Office sued for Civil Rights Violations in Federal Court
Los Angeles DUI Case: Breath Test of .13 - Result-Jury did not convict and Case Dismissed
Los Angeles DUI Case: Breath Test of .12 - Result-Jury did not convict and Case Dismissed
Los Angeles DUI Case: Breath Test of .10 - Result-Jury did not convict and Case Dismissed
Los Angeles DUI Case: Blood Test of .12 - Result-Jury did not convict and Case Dismissed
Santa Barbara DUI Case: Blood Test of .12 - Result-Jury did not convict and Case Dismissed
Listen to DUI Specialist Dr. DUI's Killer Cross Examination of a Police Officer:
CCN Game Changers - Featuring "Dr. DUI" Okorie Okorocha
Know Your Rights
Can you be pulled over for DUI based on an anonymous tip? Yes
People v. Wells (2009) 36 Cal.4th 1078 1. Key Facts/Procedural Posture The California Highway Patrol in Kern County responded to anonymous tip reports of a driver "weaving all over the road." Officer Irogoyan heard the dispatch reports and pulled over to the side of the road waiting for the described driver to appear. After personally observing the defendant Susan Wells ("Defendant"), Officer Irogoyan pulled over the Defendant and immediately observed the Defendant's constricted pupils as part of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus or HGN test, dry mouth and nervous demeanor. Officer Irogoyan arrested the Defendant for driving under the influence. Later, the Defendant's urine tested positive for THC, cocaine, and opiates, and was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substances and possession of heroin. People v. Wells (2009) 36 Cal.4th at 1081-1082 and other Los Angeles & Orange County case law updates. The Defendant filed a motion to suppress pursuant to Pen.Code § 1538.5 advocating that she was detained without reasonable suspicion in violation of the 4th Amendment, but was denied. After the suppression motion was denied, the Defendant pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and possession of heroin. She appealed the denial of the suppression motion on the grounds that the anonymous tip did not established probable cause to make a traffic stop and detain her. Id. at 1082. For more information about Field Sobriety Tests and National Standards, visit our National Highway Transportation Safety Administration ("NHTSA") Manual Page.
The Defense of a Driving Under the Influence Charge in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Orange County, California
The following is a synopsis of the history, facts, legal issues and processes of defending one who has been charged with Driving Under the Influence ("DUI") in California pursuant to Vehicle Code sections 23152 and 23153. It is intended to provide answers to what would be "frequently asked questions" regarding a DUI charge.
1) The Drug Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages are those produced from the fermentation of a carbohydrate, most frequently from farmed grains, potatoes, fruit juices, and sugars. The process of fermentation has been around for over 10,000 years, dating from the use of grapes for wine around 2500 B.C. The general categories of alcoholic beverages are three: beers, ales, and malt liquors; b) wince: and x) distilled products There are also alternative sources of alcohol, including medicine and as propellants for aerosols. The proofing system of grading alcohol content involves simple math. A 100 proof beverage is 50% alcohol, and using the same percentage ratios, pure alcohol is 200 proof. Beers, ales and malt liquors range in percentage from a low of 3% for beer lagers to malt liquors with up to 8% alcohol. Wines range from 13-20%; and distilled liquor can be from 20-80% alcohol.
2) Measuring Blood Alcohol Content
The percentage of alcohol in the blood that gives rise to a level of intoxication justifying a DUI charge is defined with the term Blood Alcohol Content. It can be measured in several ways.
Alcohol Breath Tests ("ABT's") have been in use for over 50 years
without a clear understanding by the general public of the
scientifically flawed theories that they are based on. At the advent
of the use of breathalyzers, or ABTs, the same flawed and invalid
theories are still assumed to be true, despite ample evidence to the
contrary by the world's leading authorities such has Michael P.
Hlastala, Ph.D., Kurt Dubowski, Ph.D., and A.W. Jones, Ph.D., among
others.
DUI Breathalyzers do not measure air that produces a valid blood alcohol result.
Air that is measured by the breathalyzer for purposes of testing is
the same air that comes directly from the air that exchanges with the
Alveolar sacs in the lungs. This never happens because it is
biologically impossible, but this is the cornerstone of the junk
science behind the breathalyzer obtaining an accurate BAC. If the air
in the alveoli that exchanges with the blood is not measured, the air
being measured has nothing to do with the blood or the amount of
alcohol in the blood.
The Lung Volume problem
The ABTs assume that this air is always measured by the breathalyzer
after an individual expels 1.5 Liters of air. This is ridiculous for
several reasons. For starters, lung volume varies by age, size and
gender. Women who tend to be smaller have smaller lungs. A 20 year old
male in perfect health who is 6 feet and four inches tall may have a
lung volume of 6 Liters. A 60 year old female who is 5 feet and 2
inches tall may have a lung volume as low as 1.5 Liters. She may have
even less volume if she has lung disease or other respiratory
conditions that increase in frequency with the age of the population.
DUI Breathalyzer Airway Sample Contamination
A second flaw in the "scientific" theory behind breathalyzers is a
complete and utter disregard for the fact that the air tested has to
pass through all the bronchial tubes and the airways before reaching
the mouth and being expelled. The bronchial tubes and airways have a
mixture of water and mucus on their walls. Therefore, when one drinks
alcohol and expels alcohol through their breath, alcohol is deposited
on the walls of their airways. When you blow into the breathalyzer,
the Law Enforcement Officer has you take a deep breath which forces
all the alcohol on the walls of your bronchial tubes and airways out
with your breath sample being tested. This adds alcohol to your sample
giving you a higher and inaccurate BAC result which is drastic, and
can be used to convict an innocent person.
The Cigar Smoker Example
Furthermore, the bronchial tubes and airways have blood vessels. So,
just as when a cigar smoker feels the nicotine absorbed even though he
does not inhale because of the blood vessels and gas exchange
therewith, a person taking a breathalyzer expels air that exchanges
with the blood in the bronchial tubes and airways and can alter the
blood alcohol level and create evidence of guilt in an innocent
person.
Partition Ratio causes inaccuracies in Breathalyzer Results
The partition ratio is the distribution of equal amounts of alcohol
between blood and air, and is dependent upon temperature, and is known
as the BAC divided by the "blood-breath" ratio between BAC and BrAC.
This ratio has been standardized with an average of 2,100. However, a
variability of up to 40% demonstrated valid concern where those ABT
readings are close to the legal limit and can determine whether an
arrest and conviction may be valid or not.
The current scientific data available displays the flaws in the Junk Science of Breathalyzers
Newer data over the past 30 years indicates that the previously
accepted model for alcohol exchange has inconsistencies with the idea
that that BrAC is equivalent to alveolar concentration.
Anyone convicted or even charged with a DUI will face unconscionable insurance rates increases and are required to obtain an SR-22. The good news is, that this all can be avoided. Dr. DUI, Okorie Okorocha has referred his clients to John MacDonald Insurance services, Inc. and actually seen people get lower insurance rates after a DUI. Seems impossible, but we see it happen and continue to happen. The most important thing to to contact John MacDonald Insurance services, Inc. immediately after arrest for an SR-22 when you get arrested for a DUI. Mention Okorie Okorocha of California Legal Team and get preferential service and all available discounts when signing up with John MacDonald Insurance Service, Inc
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