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DUI

DUI Dismissal

Well for at least the 3rd time I have had a DUI case dismissed with the same officer.  The video did not corroborate his written report.  The prosecutor suggested last week that he put the case on and let me crush the guy so he would learn not to do it this way.  I...

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Baltimore County Not Guilty

Had a trial in Essex yesterday that resulted in an aquittal.  The back story is funny.  I am sitting on my patio one Friday night enjoying the autumn air when I hear a BOOM and the power in my house goes out.  I say "some drunk just hit the BGE pole."  Two hours later...

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Harford County DUI Not Guilty

My client in this case just posted a wonderful review on AVVO.  This client was innocent and had a horrible set of circumstantial evidence that could have caused a conviction.  The police treated her horribly based on what they believed the circumstances to be.  They...

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State Police Played Games and Lost

New client came in on Thanksgiving day after having been charged the night before with a DUI.  She was the designated driver and was out with her sister who was the drinker.  She gets stopped for an illegal U-Turn and is taken to the State Police Barracks that has a...

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Don’t Be Lazy! Watch the Body

You may be surprised to learn that when you are drinking you don't remember much of what went on in your interaction with the police. You knew it at the time, but recollecting it in my office is a different story.  That is why the Body Cam is invaluable.  Now if you...

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Baltimore County Body Cam Not Guilty

I just returned from court after a Not Guilty verdict in a DUI.  There were 14 Body Cams but only one that was diapositive.  That Body Cam showed my client at his car and the subsequent field sobriety testing.  The officer's report was 100% accurate, but there is a...

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