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I posted to the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's List serve the new Employer's Vehicle Exception Form. Years ago I had posted the form letter for an employer to write so that the client did not have to ask for a Hearing. I have been surprised to learn how many...
I had a Violation of Probation Hearing yesterday in Circuit Court for alleged interlock "failures." There were none. The client's first blow was unsuccessful but the subsequent blow was a pass. I explained to the judge my conversations with the two District Court...
Last week I tried a roadblock case in Howard County. The prosecutor thought I was crazy to try it and told me I would get a worse result than the plea that was offered, but I thought there were solid issues regarding the roadblock as well as factually regarding the...
While sitting in Howard County last week before my trial, a scrum broke out in court over the admissibility of a PBT result during sentencing. The judge asked my opinion and I explained to her that it is only admissible at the Office of Administrative Hearings on the...
I leaned over to my client near the end of the trial and said that the police report and the officer's testimony in response to the State's questions have you a falling down drunk. When I got done the judge agreed there was not enough evidence to arrest him and threw...
I had a DV case dismissed this morning because the alleged victim failed to appear for the second time. She should have been charged with assault and therefore required to be there but the system is sometimes rigged against a man. The facts I am going to set forth...
Whatever your profession, when someone screws up or is incompetent, it is embarrassing to watch. You feel like the "civilians" think we are all like that. Today a lawyer asked a judge before a guilty plea in a DUI to defer sentencing for a few months so the client...
My client's 2016 Cadillac is having issues because of low voltage. The newer cars are going to have more and more issues as the interlock technology cannot keep up. She takes videos of the malfunctions to keep the MVA from treating it as a failure and adding a...
Effective October 1 there will be major changes to Administrative penalties regarding the breath test. For those reading this now if you blow between .08-.14 you face a 45 day loss of license or a 45 day restricted license for a first offense. Beginning October 1st...
I had a trial in Baltimore City. I asked the supervisors to review the video as I thought my client did well on the SFSTs. The stop was for a brake light and there was no bad driving and everything else was almost perfect. I cannot get the case dismissed or amended...