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Court Declares Multiple DUI Offenders Eligible For Early IID-Restricted Licenses

Paul Burglin October 14, 2012 No Comments

California residents convicted of a second or third drunk driving offense, or alcohol-related reckless driving (commonly referred to as a “wet reckless”), may now obtain

Tennessee Expungement Fees

Steve Oberman October 8, 2012 No Comments

Due to the new Tennessee expungement law (allowing for the erasure of an arrest or conviction from public record) effective July 1, 2012, there has

Field Sobriety Testing in Oklahoma

Bruce Edge October 5, 2012 No Comments

When someone is pulled over for suspicious driving, the police officer is trained to test for different causes. Were they distracted? Texting? Intoxicated? To find

Butt-Chugging & Alcohol Enemas

Steve Oberman September 29, 2012 No Comments

During the last week, the news in Knoxville has focused on an unbelievably stupid or ignorant act by a University of Tennessee fraternity member who,

Maine’s “Move Over Law” – Another Reason To Get Pulled Over

John Webb September 28, 2012 1 Comment

For a law enforcement officer to stop you, they must have a “reasonable articulable suspicion” that criminal activity is underway. One issue that gives rise

The Cost of Getting a DUI in Georgia

Mike Hawkins September 28, 2012 No Comments

Most people don’t think about how costly getting a DUI could be because nobody ever plans to get a DUI. We plan for retirement, we

The Dookhan Disaster

Stephen L. Jones September 28, 2012 2 Comments

Annie Dookhan, a former Massachusetts chemist is making national headlines for allegedly “dry-labbing” as many as 60,000 drug samples used in 34,000 criminal cases over

Gastric Bypass Patients Beware!

Steve Oberman September 27, 2012 No Comments

Alcohol Consumption Affects Gastric Bypass Patients Differently. In 2011, the American College of Surgeons issued a press release reporting that patients who underwent a Roux-en-Y

Why Do Some Cops Always Report Identical Symptoms?

Lawrence Taylor September 26, 2012 No Comments

As any experienced DUI attorney knows, many police officers are considerably less than honest in their written DUI reports and in their testimony. One of

Alabama Ignition Interlock Law In Effect, But System Is Not Ready

Phil Price September 18, 2012 No Comments

by Phillip B. Price, Sr. Alabama’s new DUI ignition interlock law went into effect at the beginning of September. However, the regulatory scheme and infrastructure

Algorithms and Infrared Detection of Drunk Drivers

Steve Oberman September 13, 2012 No Comments

Liat Clark, a reporter for WIRED.CO.UK, wrote on September 4, 2012 that two computer scientists have published a paper explaining that the use of

Anyone Can Be Arrested On Suspicion Of Driving Under The Influence

Paul Burglin September 1, 2012 No Comments

As Steve Oberman from Tennessee recently noted (see his blog entry of August 10, 2012), anyone can be arrested for suspected DUI. Recently in California,

New Kansas Test Refusal Law – Strictly Enforced

Leslie F. Hulnick August 30, 2012 1 Comment

On July 1, 2012, the Kansas Legislature’s new test refusal law criminalizing the refusal of a requested blood, breath, or urine test went into effect.

“Refusal” the way to go in 2012 West Virginia!

Harley Wagner August 26, 2012 1 Comment

In June of 2010, the West Virginia legislature created an additional component to our DUI statute (WV Code 17C-5-2) known as, “The Deferral Program” (WV Code

How “Expert” Are Cops at Detecting Alcohol Impairment?

Lawrence Taylor August 23, 2012 No Comments

The drunk driving case rests heavily upon the subjective opinions of the arresting officer — the abilities of that officer to correctly assess DUI symptoms