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Feb. 18, 2009

Sobriety Test

Judge Carlton P. Biggs started up a DUI court in Newport Beach that is only one of four in the country used as a national training model.

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By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer

NEWPORT BEACH - The first time Kristie got busted for driving under the influence, she was sentenced to six months in DUI school and a fine. The DMV also restricted her driving.

The second time, the stakes were higher: jail, divorce, separation from her kids.

Today, Kristie resides in a sober-living home in Costa Mesa, goes to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every day and works full time as a w... (continued)

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