Year: 2015

Gary S Bernstein

Teaching CLE

I received a request today from a Baltimore County judge to do a DUI Seminar one morning.  In Baltimore County we have Continuing Legal Education Program each month at 8:00 AM.  The last one I did was on Sentencing.  This one will be on the SFSTs and Sentencing.  I...

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2nd of 2 Video Victories

The trial was today and I received the video Friday.  I watch the video and the first thing I see is that the officer could have done the SFSTs between his car and the client's car because a second officer had pulled up behind him, allowing for protection from a rear...

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MVA Refusal Victory

These are now few and far between.  The Officer's Order of Certification read that the stop was for a tag light at 2:00 AM.  No odor of alcohol.  SFSTs not to my satisfaction ( curved area of a rural road on a grassy area).  There were just no reasonable ground.  No...

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Declining To Teach Fall Seminar

After a great deal of consideration I am not going to teach the State Bar Association course on how to defend a a DUI.  The reason?  I am not going to lecture prosecutors and police on my strategy to win your case.  It is one thing when I teach strictly defense...

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I Want to See the Paperwork

My prosecutor today asks for a postponement because the officer is on vacation.  She just learned about it yesterday.  I object.  The judge says if the officer requested it more than 2 weeks ago he will grant it as the Court should have postponed the case.  He asks...

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Another MDTA Officer and Another Nol Pros

Well a 3rd member of the MDTA  Police Force who would have been called to testify in Glen Burnie District Court has seen his written report blown up by his in-car video tape.  I knew when the officer did not have the video prepared for the State's Attorney's Office...

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