DUI Defender

With Nicole Richie joining her costar Paris Hilton with a DUI arrest, there will certainly be a new round on the Hollywood talk shows about celebrity DUI’s. Richie’s case certainly has some items to titillate such as numerous reports of a Mercedes traveling the wrong way on the Freeway and possible addition of marijuana.

However, there are a couple of other recent DUI defendants that might lack star power, but they are notable nonetheless. First we have Denver Judge Johnny Barajas who was arrested November 9 for Driving Under the Influence when he hit another vehicle. Judge Barajas often hears DUI cases in courthouse.

Next we have the DUI case of another judge - St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young who was arrested earlier this month after his SUV collided with a pickup that sent the other driver to the hospital. Judge Young was returning from a St. Louis Rams game with his boss Chief Judge Jan V. Fiss. Together Young and Fiss were able to use their legal training to deal with the situation — Young refused to take a field sobriety and a Breathalyzer test ; Fiss hid an open can of beer.

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