Two weeks ago today my right eye gets bleary. I figure it is a cataract and I don't think they are a big deal. I go to my internist for a flu shot and that is what he sees. Meanwhile I squeezed in an appointment with my opthomologist for last Monday. I see him at...
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Maryland DUI, Criminal Law And Personal Injury Blog
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...
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...
1st of 2 Video Victories in the Past Week
MDTA Officer stops my client for a stop sign violation. The client is asked to exit the car for SFTSs. The client categorically refuses to do them. The clients told unless the client does the SFSTs, the client will be arrested based on the observations that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Harford County Not Guilty, and Respect Before and After, Unlike Baltimore City
The client in this case was only stopped at 1:00 AM for speeding. The SFSTs were done in insanely cold and windy conditions next to an open field. My client was without a coat. He asked to be taken to a reasonable location to do the SFSTs but the officer declined....
American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys????
I get a pamphlet mailed to me that says I can be a Founding Member of this organization if I send in a check or give them a crfedit card number. They explain all their resources that I already have, and which all attorneys should have already. I look on-line to see...
