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Dan Abrams and the Presumption of Innocence

Posted on February 28, 2009

How NOT to handle a speeding ticket

Posted on February 27, 2009

Posted on February 22, 2009
I just thought this was funny. If you want advice on getting out of a speeding ticket, check out Dan from Expert Village. I'm not saying you should follow the advice, keep in mind. Use your own judgment on this.

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Delaware Traffic Courts

Posted on February 21, 2009
I got motivated today and added the State of Delaware to our traffic court directory. There are only three counties with a total of about maybe 20 courts. If you get a ticket in Delaware, check out the Delaware county courts.

Breezes Curacao

Posted on February 18, 2009
We took a recent trip to Curacao. It was quite an experience.Fairly short flight from Miami, maybe 2 � hours. We stayed at Breezes Curacao, an all-inclusive resort. I describe the experience including a number of complaints below, but I should start out by noting that it seems pretty inexpensive...

Ken Runion of Guilderland

Posted on February 09, 2009
Cool new website up for those interested in Guilderland. The infamous Ken Runion is now discussed in detail in a website about him. Quality stuff.

Traffic Court - New Milestones

Posted on February 04, 2009
Our traffic court site has cleared some new hurdles. We not only surpassed 100,000 visits in 31 days. We've hit 130K visits, and over 114,000 unique visitors. We also cleared 300,000 pageviews. These numbers are one day short of a peak -- going a day forward we'll lose a Sunday and pick up a Wednesday - an extra 5K visits and 12K pageviews.

Albany DWI "Blanket Patrol"

Posted on February 03, 2009
Big news in Albany - this past weekend had a "blanket patrol" per Capital News 9.Nice bit from the story - 944 traffic stops and 21 "drunk driving" arrests. If I've got this right, they interrupted the lives of about 1100 people (figuring 1.2 people per car) to make 21 arrests...

NY DWI: Why low BAC cases should be fought

Posted on February 01, 2009
I got a call the other day from a prospective DWI client. His BAC was 0.16. It's already difficult in Albany to negotiate a reduction with a BAC that high. But it's worse than that. He had a previous DUI offense 3 years earlier and his lawyer pled him to a DWAI...

Drug policy blog

Posted on February 01, 2009
Just a pointer to a great: drug policy reform blog. I've been involved with ReconsiDer for many years and am a big fan.

Interesting cross-examination by a prosecutor

Posted on January 31, 2009
The video below shows inappropriate conduct for a prosecutor, or any attorney, in a courtroom, and I'd say the same for the judge. The witness is Stacy Castor in Syracuse. Read more about it at the Syracuse Post-Standard. You think a defense lawyer would be allowed to scream at a cop like this?

Traffic/Criminal Lawyers Club Update

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Traffic and Criminal Lawyers Club is up and running. We are approaching 30 members. I've put together a draft user guide and posted it on my firm website: Traffic/Criminal Lawyer Club User Guide. This is a large file in "pdf" format. It describes how to join and how to use the club features...

Hiring Is Harder Than Firing

Posted on January 19, 2009
We're currently in the process of hiring a new associate. Since I started this firm, nearly 6 years ago now, I've hired several people and fired some. Based on my experience so far, I have to say that firing people is much easier than hiring them. That may sound harsh, but it's true...

Weird Analytics

Posted on January 14, 2009
Something weird on Google Analytics just now. This blog had nearly 300 visits in the past two days from a single keyword phrase search from Yahoo. The search was for "funny speeding ticket excuses".Ordinarily I'd figure it was some kind of glitch on one computer somewhere...

Traffic Lawyers Club - Free!!

Posted on January 13, 2009
Our traffic lawyer club is up and running. This is a feature on our traffic court website.Membership in the club is for lawyers only and it's FREE. We are going to verify that those who register are lawyers.If you're a lawyer who handles some cases in traffic court or local criminal court, please register on the site...

Traffic Court 2008

Posted on January 08, 2009
2008 was a good year for our traffic court website. Here are some numbers:Almost 900,000 visits (897K)Over 700K unique visitors (different people using the website)Over 2 million pageviewsThe site's homepage was viewed over 220,000 times by over 150,000 people...

Oklahoma Playing Dirty

Posted on January 08, 2009
Just a quick hit on the Florida-Oklahoma game. Oklahoma is playing dirty. There was a horse-collar tackle on a FL running back (#3) - no call and it took him out of the game. A wicked facemask on Demps (FL #2) as he neared the end zone - called but just a nasty facemask...

Attorney Ethics and Jurisdiction

Posted on January 06, 2009
Here's an interesting ethics question that came up in our practice. We have gotten a number of cases dismissed on "geographic jurisdiction" under Article 20 of the CPL. In short, our client is charged in a town, but it turns out that the location where the incident occurred is clearly in a different town...

Speeding ticket and DWI data

Posted on January 03, 2009
Interesting data on the web about speeding tickets on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle website. There's another data set on DWI: RocDocs DWI.Now, I say the data is interesting. Partly that's because it doesn't look accurate to me. For example it appears there are more DWI arrests in Albany County than in the Bronx...

Here's an article in the Times

Posted on January 01, 2009
Here's an article in the Times Union. Albany County couldn't get a program together to provide free bus rides home for New Years Eve drinkers. For various reasons we ended up with nothing at all.Government is just fine at getting the arrest and prosecution programs together...

Blog post of funny traffic stops

Posted on December 31, 2008
The linked blog post shows some funny traffic stops. They're not all funny. #1 is pretty hilarious. Other good ones are #20, 17, 15, 14, and 11. The rest are so-so.

Consequences of Aggressive DUI Enforcement

Posted on December 28, 2008
So, you think aggressive DUI enforcement is a great thing, huh? I got this message from a friend the other day. I edited it a bit.I was driving on I-80 in New Jersey. I missed my exit and had pulled onto the shoulder to read the map when a State Trooper parked behind me...

Can't Afford a Lawyer?

Posted on December 24, 2008
It's a common phrase heard in the legal community. I can't afford a lawyer. The statement is usually followed by a request for free advice or pro bono representation. I did a quick search on Google for "can't afford a lawyer" - there are 63,900 results...

DWI: To Blow or Not to Blow

Posted on December 23, 2008
One thing comes up a lot in DWI seminars. A client calls you late at night. They've been arrested and the cop wants them to blow into the "Breathalyzer". In most of NY the device is actually a Datamaster, but question is the same. And to be clear, I'm talking about the breath test in the station...

Pringle Hearing and the DWI Prompt Suspension

Posted on December 18, 2008
In handling our a href="http://www.redlichlaw.com/dwi/"DWI/a cases, the "prompt suspension law" has been bothering me, along with a number of other issues. I first wrote about this a couple years ago as part of a post about a href="http://albany-lawyer...

Speed Cameras in New York State: Coming Soon?

Posted on December 17, 2008
New York State is hungry for money. Speed cameras are coming. The full text of the proposed new law is at the bottom. Here are some details:br /br /a. A new statute would be created, � 1181-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. This law holds vehicle iowners/i liable for speeding - even if they're not driving the car...

Plaxico Burress - Are Hunting and Target Shooting Illegal in New York State?

Posted on December 09, 2008
Update: Thanks to George P. Conway for the comment. Penal Law �265.20 sets forth a list of exceptions. I'm not sure these exceptions clearly apply to loaded firearms. That would seem to be the natural conclusion, but it's not completely clear.----------At the bottom of this post is an image of the first page of the felony complaint in the Plaxico Burress gun case...

Profile: The Master

Posted on December 09, 2008
Here's another Albany lawyer profile. Keep in mind these are generally semi-fictional.The Master is one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the Albany area. All the judges, cops and criminal lawyers know his name, but not everyone recognizes him on sight...

Florida Speeding Tickets

Posted on December 07, 2008
Just added a page to the Redlich Law Firm website about Florida speeding tickets There seems to be a lot of tickets written there, so much so that I saw a TV show (or internet version of a TV show) about one of the traffic courts there.Interesting thing for us concerns how we handle NY tickets for Florida drivers...

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