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A very interesting and intellectually enjoyable trial in Howard County District Court. A smart judge and a smart prosecutor. Everything was litigated- the SFSTs and the admissibility of the breath test.It was a one witness case that took an hour and a half to try. An...
That is what this fairly new Frederick State Trooper had to say about how he came about to record the driving and stop of my client. The problem is, the video did not record what he wrote in his report and testified to on the witness stand. Somehow the video recorder...
A prosecutor said to me a few weeks ago, “Can you imagine how they treated people when they weren’t being taped.” The prosecutor was referring to some (not all) of the Maryland State Police who apparently believe the interstate is not under the jurisdiction of the...
There may be nothing harder than getting through to a teenager who is addicted to pills. Oxycodone is synthetic heroin. It does not matter how affluent your family is, heroin is heroin, and it is the ultimate monkey on the back of any person. Couple that with raw...
I handle a lot of cases involving college students who smoke marihuana everyday. They sell it in order to supply themselves with weed. I also see it with men and women in their late 20’s and early 30’s who are now in the work force. The youngest age for starting...
It only took this Maryland State Trooper about one month from his hire to write his police report and then less than a year to testify inconsistently with HIS video. He became a trooper in August 2011 and arrested my client in September 2012. His report was printed...
I was contacted almost a year ago by a lawyer whose client got hammered at her Administrative Hearing. It was a second offense, and she was accused of refusing the breath test for the second time. She wanted a blood test, but it was not required in her situation....
I just finished a case where the state trooper put the client in front of the CLIENT’S car for the SFSTS. Huh??? The client was tall enough that you could see some of the movement of the head and torso. Otherwise, you might as well have turned the camera off. The...
A repeat offender with breath test of .08-.14 who has a prior .08-.14 in the last 5 years is now interlock eligible without a Hearing. That is because the offender is no longer eligible for a restricted driver’s license. That does not mean that the ALJs are going to...
Yesterday I was in court where the tape and printed word did not match. But for the fact my client did poorly on 1 of the SFSTS, it would have been a trial. The tape supported a plea to the lesser offense as there was a medical issue surrounding the breath test. A...