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Maryland DUI Lawyer Blog

A Legal blog covering DWI / DUI, car accidents, and criminal law in the State of Maryland.
By Bruce M. Robinson, P.A.

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Last Entry: March 23, 2011 at 14:46:08

DUI Super Cops & non existent quotas

Posted on December 16, 2007
Ask any cop and they will tell you, "quotas, no way! We don't have 'em and we don't use em". However, certain cops seem to have an unusually high arrest record for alleged DUI offenders. There are recent cases out of Florida and now Illinois with cops making up evidence in order to arrest innocent people and charge them with DUI...

Experience absolutely counts

Posted on August 24, 2007
I was in Prince George's County, Maryland for a DUI trial last week. The Defendant was a multiple offender hence he had a lot riding on the outcome of his case. I approached the prosecutor to discuss the matter, she, in their typical cavalier attitude told me what she wants the defendant to plead guilty to...

Wake up and smell the coffee beans

Posted on August 12, 2007
It's getting a little scary out there folks- come on wake up! I saw a blurb of an article that a DUI attorney in Minnesota successfully petitioned the court for the source code of the breathalyzer machine on behalf of his client. This is a challenging discovery request which, to my knowledge has only been successfully advanced in Florida and now Minnesota...

But I'm not guilty......I have rights!

Posted on August 11, 2007
I can go to dinner Saturday night and have two drinks and not worry about driving home. I won't be drunk and therefore I won't have any DUI/DWI issues. I live in America and in this country we have rights! We are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and that applies to all cases, even DUI/DWI cases in Maryland...

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GERD- Acid Reflux & the DUI breath machine

Posted on August 04, 2007
Another question regarding the ubiquitous DUI breath machine, in Maryland the EC/IR; soon to be replaced by the newer and more advanced EC/IR II. Question: what about if I burped before I blew in the machine? What if I have GERD, acid reflux, or other digestive issues? GERD and/or acid reflux are medical conditions that cause a person to suffer heart burn types of pain in their chest which often results in belching gaseous stomach contents up through the esophagus and into the mouth...

Harvard Law School & Continuing Legal Education

Posted on July 29, 2007
Many states require lawyers to take continuing legal education after graduating from law school and passing the bar, Maryland is not one of them. In Maryland, once you pass the bar you are authorized to say goodbye to school and books forever. As a Maryland lawyer, I feel differently...

I can pass Field Sobriety Tests and various sundry matters

Posted on July 16, 2007
Have you ever driven home from a social event after midnight and been just plain exhausted to the point where it's a struggle to keep your eyes open? Have you ever driven your car for 3 or more hours and looked in the mirror and seen red, glassy eyes staring back at you? That's how it was for me driving back from camp the other day...

How to select a Maryland DUI Defense Lawyer

Posted on July 09, 2007
Day to day I don't have any particular agenda regarding what to write about but instead when I'm in DUI court, things seem to happen which prompt me to write a post. Today I was in court in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and listened to a case which was called before mine...

Why DUI defense attorneys do what we do (Part 2)

Posted on July 09, 2007
In my prior post on this topic I was explaining that the criminal justice system for some reason treats DUI suspects differently and with less privilege, than a murder suspect. This is of great concern to the DUI bar for many reasons. The most important of which was already discussed, that is, we can not permit an erosion of constitutional rights in the name of convenience of prosecution...

Does it matter how I breath into the device?

Posted on July 07, 2007
People ask me if it matters how you breathe into the breath machine. Is it good to hold my breath? Should I breathe heavy? Should I breathe quickly? The answer is, it does matter how you breathe into the device. Basically, you want to do the opposite of whatever the cops tell you to do- then you will get a fair result (notwithstanding the machine's shortcomings that were previously discussed)...

Maryland DUI and Field Sobriety Tests

Posted on July 07, 2007
I have been espousing to clients and the public in general that engaging in Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs) following an alcohol stop is wrong! It's just wrong! The reason is because there are so many variables against you regarding the successful completion of these tests and conversely you have so little to gain by attempting the exercises...

When being right is not necessarily right

Posted on July 05, 2007
First thing back after the Independence Day holiday I'm in Montgomery County, Maryland for a DUI . In this case the defendant was stopped for a traffic violation and read her DR-15 rights prior to blowing in the machine. She did not understand her rights as they can be somewhat confusing so she asked to speak with an attorney, on more than one occasion, which is a good thing to do in any case...

What if I am a Diabetic?

Posted on July 05, 2007
I recently concluded a case for a lady who blew a .19, she was a diabetic and was stopped in her car while racing home, above the speed limit and blowing through lights in order to get to her meter to test her sugar levels. She had insulin injections with her but no meter...

Why DUI attorneys do what they do (Part 1)

Posted on July 04, 2007
Why do DUI defense lawyers defend people accused of drinking and driving, after all, it's a terrible crime, people get hurt and sometimes worse? How can we possibly do this? Do we condone the use of alcohol and driving? Do we lack a conscious or compassion for our fellow man? The answer is, it is our conscious and compassion for our fellow man that drives us...

Where can I be arrested?

Posted on July 04, 2007
A client recently contacted me to represent him for DUI for driving his vehicle on strictly private property. That is, he was attempting to get his vehicle out of a wooded area when arrested. (How the vehicle got in the wooded area in the first place is beyond the scope of this blog)...

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