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Tips for Protecting Your Rights if you are Arrested

Posted on February 06, 2008
By Patrick Adams Learn your rights. The actions a person takes and the statements a person makes prior to and following an arrest can have a huge impact on your case! Most importantly: Remain Silent! If you are being questioned chances are good you are a suspect and they are gathering evidence against you...

Tips for Protecting Your Rights if you are Arrested

Posted on February 06, 2008
By Patrick Adams Learn your rights. The actions a person takes and the statements a person makes prior to and following an arrest can have a huge impact on your case! Most importantly: Remain Silent! If you are being questioned chances are good you are a suspect and they are gathering evidence against you...

Your Right to Remain Silent When Pulled Over: Self-Incrimination

Posted on January 31, 2008
As a drinking driver, you must be aware that as the number of accidents and fatalities due to drunk driving increases, so will your chances of being pulled over. Police officers are cracking down on drinking and driving and will use any lawful justification to pull you over in order to probe further whether you [...

Your Right to Remain Silent When Pulled Over: Self-Incrimination

Posted on January 31, 2008
As a drinking driver, you must be aware that as the number of accidents and fatalities due to drunk driving increases, so will your chances of being pulled over. Police officers are cracking down on drinking and driving and will use any lawful justification to pull you over in order to probe further whether you [...

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Avoid DUI Arrest: Use Turn Signal When Changing Lanes

Posted on December 05, 2007
The next time you’re driving on the road in Michigan after having consumed alcoholic beverages, make sure you signal each time you change lanes. The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Michigan statute, MCL 257.648, requires drivers to use a turn signal when changing lanes on a highway and is not unconstitutionally vague...

Avoid DUI Arrest: Use Turn Signal When Changing Lanes

Posted on December 05, 2007
The next time you’re driving on the road in Michigan after having consumed alcoholic beverages, make sure you signal each time you change lanes. The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Michigan statute, MCL 257.648, requires drivers to use a turn signal when changing lanes on a highway and is not unconstitutionally vague...

The Controversy Over Roadside Field Sobriety Tests

Posted on November 07, 2007
By: Lance Knowlton Roadside field sobriety tests (FSTs), developed at the behest of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are commonly employed by police officers during DUI stops to determine whether a driver is under the influence of alcohol...

The Controversy Over Roadside Field Sobriety Tests

Posted on November 07, 2007
By: Lance Knowlton Roadside field sobriety tests (FSTs), developed at the behest of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are commonly employed by police officers during DUI stops to determine whether a driver is under the influence of alcohol...

Some Sobering Information about Drunk Driving

Posted on November 06, 2007
By: Denny Soinski Mandatory alcoholism treatment for people incarcerated for alcohol-related offenses and significant changes in our attitudes toward drinking alcohol, when added to the current anti-drunk driving campaigns and laws, are likely to make a major impact on reducing the number of people in our society who die in alcohol-related traffic accidents...

Some Sobering Information about Drunk Driving

Posted on November 06, 2007
By: Denny Soinski Mandatory alcoholism treatment for people incarcerated for alcohol-related offenses and significant changes in our attitudes toward drinking alcohol, when added to the current anti-drunk driving campaigns and laws, are likely to make a major impact on reducing the number of people in our society who die in alcohol-related traffic accidents...

Liquor Store?s Liability for Drunk Drivers

Posted on November 05, 2007
By: Atty Gabriel Cosh In the United States, many people lose their lives each year due to car accidents caused by intoxicated drivers. California is one of the states in the country with the most number of bars, restaurants and other establishments serving liquors to patrons...

Liquor Store?s Liability for Drunk Drivers

Posted on November 05, 2007
By: Atty Gabriel Cosh In the United States, many people lose their lives each year due to car accidents caused by intoxicated drivers. California is one of the states in the country with the most number of bars, restaurants and other establishments serving liquors to patrons...

The Marriage of Alcohol and Driving

Posted on November 04, 2007
By: Atty. Gabriel Cosh They say that there are always certain things that would not and could never be put together, and despite efforts of having them in the same boat, an inevitable result would be the sinking therefore. A classic example is the marriage of drinking and driving...

The Marriage of Alcohol and Driving

Posted on November 04, 2007
By: Atty. Gabriel Cosh They say that there are always certain things that would not and could never be put together, and despite efforts of having them in the same boat, an inevitable result would be the sinking therefore. A classic example is the marriage of drinking and driving...

DUI Defense

Posted on November 03, 2007
By: Douglas R.lipton A number of people charged with this offense are not always guilty. Scholarly research shows that most of the sobriety tests performed are inconclusive. In many cases, chemical tests, breath analyzers (Intoxilyzer 5000), or infrared breath machines are not considered valid...

DUI Defense

Posted on November 03, 2007
By: Douglas R.lipton A number of people charged with this offense are not always guilty. Scholarly research shows that most of the sobriety tests performed are inconclusive. In many cases, chemical tests, breath analyzers (Intoxilyzer 5000), or infrared breath machines are not considered valid...

Court Denies DUI Defendant?s Request to Withdraw Guilty Plea to Operating While Intoxicated

Posted on November 02, 2007
On October 30, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Bach, affirmed the trial court’s decision to deny the DUI defendant’s request to withdraw her guilty plea to a third offense of operating while intoxicated (OWI) with a blood alcohol content of ...

Court Denies DUI Defendant?s Request to Withdraw Guilty Plea to Operating While Intoxicated

Posted on November 02, 2007
On October 30, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Bach, affirmed the trial court’s decision to deny the DUI defendant’s request to withdraw her guilty plea to a third offense of operating while intoxicated (OWI) with a blood alcohol content of ...

DUI Defendant?s Ineffective Counsel Argument Not Enough to Overturn Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) Conviction

Posted on November 01, 2007
On October 25, 2007, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Joslin, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the DUI defendant?s guilty conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI)  with an occupant under the age of 16, a violation of M.C.L...

DUI Defendant?s Ineffective Counsel Argument Not Enough to Overturn Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) Conviction

Posted on November 01, 2007
On October 25, 2007, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Joslin, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the DUI defendant?s guilty conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI)  with an occupant under the age of 16, a violation of M.C.L...

The Myths Behind Drinking And Driving

Posted on October 31, 2007
By: John Luke Matthews Oh yes, DUI. You’ve heard it all before. In almost every car accident case you will hear, it’s most likely another drunk driver who’s driving late from a party and who got too much alcohol on his system that he speed and ran onto a pedestrian...

DUI? Sometimes, Bad Things Happen To Good People

Posted on October 30, 2007
By: Carson Danfield As long as there are human police officers, injustices always will occur. A great many police officers feel they have done their job when they arrest a person for “mere suspicion” of DUI. In some instances, the arrest may be warranted, but sometimes it isn’t...

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