Most of my website focuses on my DUI practice. If you are contacting me for a DUI through the website, you have probably just returned home from the police station and are looking for a lawyer. I have decided to add some information on the Home Page about my non DUI...
Tough Times Call For Tough Representation
Maryland DUI, Criminal Law And Personal Injury Blog
Howard County Possession with Intent Case First for Judge
I was recently retained by a client to represent him in a Modification of Sentence for Possession with Intent. I did not represent him in his original case, and he was dissatisfied with his then attorney. The Motion to strike the guilty finding and enter a Probation...
DUI and Criminal Defense Practice in 2017
As technology use becomes prevalent in law enforcement, we are seeing more and more video interaction between police and clients. The more recent Blogs cover some of these cases. Body Cam footage has been extremely valuable in the defense of cases. Car video has...
Health-care bill would drop addiction treatment mandate covering 1.3 million Americans
This issue has nothing to do with whether you voted for President Trump or Ms. Clinton. Obama care may be a disaster, my premiums skyrocketed like yours. There were 4 needed features - coverage of pre-existing illnesses, children remaining on a parent's policy until...
Harford County DUI Dismissal
The importance of police KGA Broadcasts can never be underestimated. My client tells me about his stop and subsequent arrest and I expect I will see the same information in the police report. I have had cases with this officer before and know what he does EVERY...
Handgun Dismissal
If you are convicted of possessing a gun on the streets of Baltimore City, the State is going to ask that you be sentenced to jail. That is their policy and the judges are not going to be sympathetic to anything other than jail. That is a dynamic that 300 murders...
Court Ordered Interlock Issues Update
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...
Administrative Hearings for .08, .15 and Above, and Refusals – Employer’s Vehicle Exception
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...
PBT Not Admissible
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...
Howard County Roadblock- Not Guilty
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...
