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Is Serum Blood Testing a Reliable Method for Drunk Driving Cases?
If you were arrested in Michigan for drunk driving, and your blood was drawn by the police, then your blood was almost certainly tested at
DUI and Your Career
When most people think about a DUI arrest or conviction, they immediately think about spending the night in jail or having to pay a fine.
Legally Prescribed Medication May Lead to a DUI Conviction
I receive many calls from persons arrested for DUI by prescription drugs who want to use as their defense the fact that they were taking
New 2013 NHTSA Field Sobriety Testing Manual
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DWI Tyranny
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
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?
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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