Blog Posts in December, 2011
Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By Kansas City DUI Attorney
When is a Dog Sniff a Search Under the Fourth? Dog sniffs raise interesting 4th Amendment legal analysis. Regular human senses don't automatically violate the Fourth Amendment. Additionally, the ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
The Ottawa County Bar Association and Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan and The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan joined forces today, urging a Michigan Court to dismiss contempt charges ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
What is jury nullification? It's when the jury acquits the defendant for reasons of their own. It's when the jury pretty much disregards the jury instructions and considers what they think ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
As a DUI lawyer, the situation often arises regarding what it means to "operate" a vehicle in terms or the Kansas DUI statute, K.S.A. 8-1567. Do you have to actually drive? Not necessarily. ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Kansas City DUI Attorney
As a criminal defense lawyer, I get extremely frustrated when the prosecutor asks the witness on the stand, "Are you able to identify the person who did this? Please do so." Miraculously, ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Kansas City DUI Attorney
While a breath machine may give a correct reading, it doesn't always. The accuracy is not reliable. Furthermore, the relevance is questionable, because the alcohol ratio on your breath does not ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
Rima Fakih, who was the first Arab American woman to win a Miss USA pageant, was arrested for drunk driving last Saturday. Her defense lawyer, Doraid Elder said that Fakih's record "has not a ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2011 By Kansas City DUI Attorney
In Bloomington, Illinois, forty-seven year old Willian Dietrich, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for DUI. Apparently, Dietrich has been arrested 11 times in the past for driving under the ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
Basic Overview of Drunk Driving Laws in Canada Our northern neighbor, Canada, enforces has drunk driving laws on their books. The Canadian Criminal Code has laws against impaired driving. The Canadian ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
Whenever I take on a DUI case, I assume we are going to trial and do everything I can to beat it. In fact, as a drinking and driving defense attorney, I love trial. But the reality is. most cases are ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Kansas City DUI Attorney
Years from now, texting while driving may have the same stigma of drinking and driving, or worse. Academic studies have shown that texting while driving impairs the driver's abilities. However, ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
Erik Norman, of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Virginia was forced to resign on October 19, 2011. A prosecutor reported that the former officer told her that he had falsified readings ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By Kansas DUI Attorney
As a Kansas DUI defense attorney , people often asking me about the new drunk driving laws that passed in Kansas this past summer. (Legilslation Statute changed July 2011) I love answering their ...
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