Thus spoke the police officer at an MVA Hearing last week. I will have the tape of this admission for the jury trial in Baltimore City. He condensed the HGN exam, because he sometimes does that. He admitted he was not supposed to. Wrong instructions on the Walk and...
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DUI
Interlock Hearings Update- New Rules
The MVA is proposing new Rules that help motorists using the Interlock. If you are removed from the Program because of a VOP you will be allowed a Hearing and the suspension will be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the Hearing. This is a major change giving...
Interlock Hearings
There are 2 ways you get interlocked. The first and most usual is by the MVA- .15 or above, refusal, DUI or DWI conviction. The second way is court ordered as a condition of probation. The MD legislature rejected a bill making it mandatory for the court to order an...
District Court Violation of Probation DUI or Criminal- Dismissed
The statute concerning VOPs in the District Court (not the Circuit Court) has been a source of contention between attorneys and judges. The statute read that a request for a violation of probation had to be initiated while the defendant was still on probation. Well...
Breath Tests and Administrative Hearings
In what can only be described as refreshing, Administrative Law Judges have been taking No Action in cases involving a violation of the procedures for breath testing. In a Maryland DUI, there are 3 categories of breath tests. .00 to .07; .08 to .14; and .15 and...
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES WITH THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION POLICE
Recently in Baltimore County District Court I was able to suppress a stop and the resulting arrest of a client because the Maryland Transportation officer could not prove he had authority to stop my client. The same argument was rejected in Anne Arundel County because...
NEW NHTSA “DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) DETECTION & STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING”- February 2006 Edition”
Well, after publishing and recalling the new manuals published in February 2006 and then in August 2006, NHTSA has now released the February 2006 manual as its newest. You think that maybe they should have called it the April 2009 DWI Edition (they reference the date...
Maryland DUI Attorney- Maryland Super Lawyers 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
If you are charged with a DUI, please call our office at 866-435-2795 immediately as there are certain critical time limits for your case. Maryland Super Lawyer 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Criminal Defense DUI/DWI Member National College for DUI Defense...
