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 Oklahoma City attorney John Hunsucker combined forces to bring this issue to a head Because of their action—ALL breath tests and refusals where the affidavit was printed on the Intoxilyzer 8000 are invalid. This decision was handed down on October 9, 2013. DPS had known of the issue for several years but took no action ... Read More »
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Oklahoma Teen Sentenced to 10 Years of Church
THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE? November 17, 2012 It is no surprise that judge Mike Norman handed down church attendance as part of a plea bargain, but this is the first time it was done for something as serious as first degree manslaughter. The accused, 17 year old Tyler Alfred, was charged with manslaughter after crashing a car and killing the passenger, his friend John Dum. Alfred was under the legal limit for Oklahoma, but had still be involved with ... Read More »
Field Sobriety Testing in Oklahoma
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 out, an officer will ask the driver to remove themselves from the vehicle and perform standard field sobriety testing. This method is not meant to deliver a diagnosis with 100%, rather it helps determine whether or not the driver should be taken off the road immediately. If a driver agrees to go ahead with the ... Read More »