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DWI Tyranny

Mimi Coffey January 11, 2014 No Comments

Authoritarian states permit the alteration of truth; “to rewrite history retrospectively; to distort the news, suppress the true, add the false. Propaganda is substituted for

Chemical Test Refusals May Not be Criminal

Patrick Barone January 4, 2014 No Comments

In the context of a drunk driving arrest, a handful of states have enacted statutes criminalizing chemical test refusal. These states are Minnesota, Nebraska, Alaska,

Drunk Driving Entrapment?

Lawrence Taylor December 10, 2013 No Comments

Suppose a police officer asks or orders an individual to drive a vehicle — and then arrests him for DUI when he complies? Does this

Breath Alcohol Doesn’t Exist!

Patrick Barone November 21, 2013 No Comments

An essential fundamental of experimental science is that if something can’t be measured, it does not exist. One noteworthy scientist, Mr. William H. George, phrased

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Re-Testing 2,800 Blood Alcohol Samples After Discovering a Mistaken Switch

Steve Oberman November 16, 2013 No Comments

The Knoxville News Sentinel (the local Knoxville newspaper) reported on a recent discovery that a TBI employee had mishandled and mistakenly switched the blood alcohol

Reckless and Careless Driving and DUI

Stephen L. Jones November 6, 2013 No Comments

If you’ve been charged with driving under the influence, it is likely that you have also been charged with one or more summary offense. A

Unethical for Lawyers to Use Competitors Names to Attract New Clients on Internet

Patrick Barone October 29, 2013 No Comments

A recent ethics opinion found that it was a violation of a lawyer’s code of professional conduct to use another lawyer’s name on the internet

OKLAHOMA BREATH TEST ARE INVALID

Bruce Edge October 25, 2013 No Comments

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals recently decided 6 combined cases regarding the validity of the breath test affidavit. Tulsa attorney Bruce Edge of Tulsa and

Breathalyzers and the “Mouth Alcohol” Problem

Lawrence Taylor October 23, 2013 No Comments

One of the most common causes of falsely high breathalyzer readings in DUI cases is the existence of mouth alcohol. The breathalyzer’s internal computer is making

UPDATE: The Dookhan Disaster

Stephen L. Jones October 18, 2013 No Comments

Annie Dookhan, the former Massachusetts lab chemist we blogged about over a year ago, is back in court today on the 27 charges brought from

Pennsylvania Utilizing NHTSA’s ARIDE Training

Stephen L. Jones October 10, 2013 No Comments

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ARIDE course is described as a bridge between the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)

Paying Police to Arrest You! A growing trend in Virginia.

Mike Tillotson October 8, 2013 No Comments

You decide to go it alone – skip hiring a DWI defense attorney – and you get convicted of a DWI. You pay a $250

Lowering the blood-alcohol content (BAC) cutoff to 0.05: Sheriff says “you can count me out on that one”

Virginia Landry October 4, 2013 No Comments

Milwaukee County Sherriff David Clarke has a reputation for cracking down on drunk drivers and pushing for tougher drunk driving laws. The new proposal that