Halloween DUI taskforces ready for work
Do a Google serach for "DUI" in the news and you will see that the results are dominated by news of DUI task-forces from nearly every major jurisdiction you can imagine. (…)
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How Long Have You Been a Certified Peace Officer?
There are certain boring yet inevitable questions that oftenbegin an interrogation of a police officer in a DWI (by aprosecutor) or an administrative license revocation ALR case (by adefense attorney):
State your name for the phonograph recordingplease…
You’re employed by Austin Police Department?
Any prior law enforcement experience?
A defense lawyer [...]
WNBA star fouls out with a DUI hitch
From our old friends at the AP and Yahoo!
PHOENIX (AP)—Phoenix police say leading Phoenix Mercury sc
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Defenses to TN Crimes: Self-Defense
When charged with a violent crime, including homicide orassault in Tennessee,the defendant may enter a plea of not guilty along with a plea ofself-vindication. If proved, self-vindication is a complete bar tocriminal liability.
When people are threatened by the use of force or threat offorce, creating in their mind a reasonable belief [...]
California DUI checkpoints announced for the mountains, Perris and Pasadena (so far) for 4th of July spend
California’s DUI cops are having checkpoints in Perris, Pasadena and Crestline beginning friday, July 3. The California DUI checkpoints will be at an undisclosed locations.
Persons who are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs can expect to be arrested [...]
DWI Breath Test Source Code: Secret Software Leads to Guilt By “Star Chamber”
Another appellate court –thistime in Arizona– has overturned a attempt court’sIntoxilyzer software judicial decision. The appellate panel saidthe judge should not have issued the order because the prosecutorsdid not have possession of the software and had no way of gettingit.
In [...]
Intoxilyzer Source Code Cases Continue: State Doesn’t Have an Obligation to Disclose; Not in Possession
On March 17, 2009, Judge Minge issued an opinion, inPattersonv. Commissioner, thatdenied an individual accusedof drunk driving the ability to obtain the Intoxilyzer 5000 ENsource code from the State of Minnesota. Why? Becausethestate says it doesn’t have it.
Patterson wasarrested for DWI, [...]
Virginia Beach officer busted for DUI
Here’s a shout out to the Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia..
VIRGINIA BEACH — A police of
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More on What’s Good or Bad in a Potential Juror
Following my post on the criminal executive departmentlawyer’sdream jurorcomes an Austin American Statesman article “Internet aids trial lawyers doing background checks on clients,jurors”. What caught my eye of note towards DWIdefense was this bit:
Sometimes the drunken-partyphotos are sufficient. Jurors whose Facebook page reveals a certainfondness for Sixth [...]
Child Arrested or Cited at Bonnaroo? Consult an Attorney
If your child has been cited or arrested while at Bonnaroo foradrug offense inTennesseeor other offense, thecriminaljuvenile defense attorneysat Baker Associates can help.
Every year, we defend children who have been charged with acrime while at Bonnaroo or traveling to or from the festival. Statetroopers and local [...]