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Florida DUI Cop Leaves Microphone Open

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:17:02 +0000

What do DUI cops really say about roadside sobriety tests, also known as Standardized Field Sobriety Exercises, when they think the microphone is off? We have removed the video portion and the defendant’s name from the audio that we recently obtained during our investigation of a Florida DUI. She was arrested minutes after this conversation without completing a single Standardized Field Sobriety Test.

DUI in Pinellas County or anywhere in the Tampa Bay area?

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DUI Pinellas Wolfpack Alert

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:16:58 +0000

Pinellas DUI Wolfpack

Pinellas DUI Attorney has obtained a DUI Enforcement document and has posted it here. We discovered a DUI Wolf Pack on patrol Friday night. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Wolf Pack will be out looking for impaired drivers. Wolf Pack patrols are conducted once a month, on nights separate from the monthly DUI Checkpoints.

Wolf Packs target drivers under the influence of alcohol, aggressive driving and other traffic related violations. Pinellas DUI Deputies will be stopping vehicles and conducting this operation throughout the county.

Who: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Operations Bureau

Where: This operation will be countywide.

When: The operation will take place beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, May 18th through 5:00 a.m. Saturday, May 19th, 2012.

Document Obtained by Florida DUI Attorney

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Illegal Alien Obama Uncle Has Hardship Lifted Off Massachusetts License after OUI

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:05:00 +0000

New Hampshire DWI laws. You may have read about the recent highly publicized case of Onyango Obama, President Obama’s uncle, who has lived illegally in the United States for decades. What brought recent attention to this case was the lifting of the “hardship license” (sometimes called a “Cinderella license” or “work license”) status from his Massachusetts drivers license after 45 days. This licensing issue was spawned by a drunk driving arrest. So if you have been arrested for DWI in New Hampshire, you may ask yourself, “what about me?” Well if you were arrested for DWI or aggravated DWI in New Hampshire, you won’t get a work license. That is because under New Hampshire DWI laws there is no such thing as a “Hardship License” or “Work License”, unlike Massachusetts and most of our neighboring states. New Hampshire’s OUI and DWI penalties are harsh and have serious consequences unlike our surrounding states. If you lose your license for a DWI or aggravated DWI in New Hampshire, you cannot legally drive.

Here is a video report from Fox 25 Boston that reports about the Obama-uncle license issue:

Onyango Obama has hardship lifted from MA driver’s license
(Video from MyFoxBoston.com/Fox 25 Boston)

If you have been arrested in New Hampshire call NH DWI Lawyer Mark Stevens for a free consultation and initial case evaluation at 1-603-893-0074 Call us 24/7.

New Hampshire DWI Defense Attorney Mark Stevens
Law Office of Mark Stevens
5 Manor Parkway
Salem, NH 03079
1-603-893-0074

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You Think Your Long Beach DUI Arrest Was Bad: These Guys Strapped Their Kids to the Roof of a Car for an Alleged DUI Joyride!

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:04:54 +0000

Getting pulled over for a charge of a driving under the influence in Long Beach can be a shocking, terrifying experience. Even if you did nothing wrong – or the breathalyzer malfunctioned, or the police failed to follow proper procedure, or you can produce exonerating evidence – developing a good Long Beach DUI defense can be an intimidating proposition, to say the least.

Fortunately, odds are that the charges against you are less insane than the charges against two Indianans: Jessica Clark and Aaron Stefanski got hit with charges of DUI in Fort Wayne, after police saw them strap their kids to the hood of an automobile while driving away from a liquor store.

Not so smart.

One of the witnesses to the event, Tom Nowak, told a local paper how the 4-to-7-year olds got lashed to the car: “with one of those straps you crank on a semi to hold down lumber, they were strapped with that thing, wiggling and wobbling down the street.”

Indiana Child Protective Services have since removed three of the children from the father’s custody and sent them to stay with their mother full time. Obviously, this story is like something out of “News of the Weird” – an interesting oddity, but you might be wondering how it could be relevant to your Long Beach DUI case.

Here are some of the lessons:

1: People who get stopped for DUI in Long Beach often do “multiple things wrong” at once.

Yes, there are certain situations in which “only one bad thing happens.” For instance, the driver has way too many drinks at a party before getting behind the wheel, and he or she gets tagged with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10%. But in many cases, drivers do stupid things upon stupid things, compounding their problems. For instance, the father in this case not only allegedly drove DUI, but he also endangered his children. His legal mess will be far more thorny and complicated.

2: Controlling perceptions is important.

What happened, happened. You (or someone you love) now faces a Long Beach DUI charge. You cannot go back in time and change that. But what you can do is to determine how to shape events going forward, so that you learn lessons from what happened, make reparations to anyone you hurt, leverage tools and strategies to minimize your punishments, and generally try to transform this obstacle in your life into an opportunity to become a better person, a better driver, a better citizen, and more self-knowing.

3. Good legal help — early on! — is crucial.

A Long Beach DUI criminal defense attorney at the Kraut Law Group (444 West Ocean, Suite 800 Long Beach, California 90802 Phone: (562) 531-7454) can help you deal with your situation, even if you made compounding errors during and after your arrest. Attorney Kraut is a former prosecutor – he knows how prosecutors will think about your case and want to charge you – and he can leverage that information and insight to get you better results.

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Lambo Crash Video

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:58:18 +0000

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Collin County 2012 Litigator of the Year Award

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:58:16 +0000

Each year, the Collin County Bench Bar Association awards a Litigator of the Year Award. This year I was honored to receive the 2012 Litigator of the Year award which was presented at the Bench / Bar Conference.

Two categories of the award are given, County Court Litigator of the Year, and District Court Litigator of the Year. Each of the local bar association nominates an attorney for the both the District and County awards. The associations are the Plano Bar Association, Collin County Bar Association, Frisco Bar Association, and Collin County Young Lawyers.

At the conference, when the awards were announced, I was honored to hear that I was the only attorney nominated by each of the four bar associations for County Court Litigator of the Year.

The award is a great honor and and reminds me how lucky I am to practice law surrounded by such great attorneys and judges.

A special thank you to the Bench / Bar Foundation for putting on such great programming and conferences each year.

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Jefferson County Sex Crime Charges Dismissed

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:50:10 +0000

A man who has been imprisoned on conviction of Birmingham sex crimes has had additional charges against him dismissed.

Birmingham sex crimes defense attorneys understand that that the 77-year-old, who is already serving a 20-year sentence, was reportedly preparing to face another trial for sex abuse alleged by two girls who attended a day care that is now closed.

According to The Birmingham News, the defendant was convicted last year of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at the day care center. However, two other girls, who were age 5 at the time, had also reportedly accused the man of abusing them. But a jury was not able to reach a verdict with regard to their alleged abuse.

An appeal of his conviction on the one sexual abuse charge was upheld – so he remains incarcerated. However, the case brought by prosecutors on behalf of the 5-year-olds was dropped.

Prosecutors are saying it’s not that they don’t believe the crimes occurred, but rather that they don’t want to put the young girls through a second trial.

However, this does not stop the girls’ parents from pressing forward with a civil suit against the defendant. The pending civil litigation is against not only the defendant, but also the day care center itself, the church sponsor and others who were involved with the day care.

The man’s Birmingham defense attorney said his client has maintained his innocence from day one. He was quoted by reporters as saying that his client has no money, other than what little he may earn while working in the prison. So to sue civilly, he said, doesn’t make much sense.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, his client would be 96 when he is eligible for release.

What’s important to note in cases such as these is that when you have a defendant who is a child, there is a good amount of reasonable doubt that can be raised. It’s not that children often lie. However, a child is far more vulnerable to suggestion than adults. That means that something may not have occurred, but when someone begins to question them about it, they can get confused and give answers that they believe the adults want to hear.

What’s more, if a child is very young, they may have a skewed concept of timing of certain events, they may get certain people confused and many have very vivid imaginations.

Again, this is not to say they are all lying. And in fact, it’s important to know that even if you did commit a sex crime, there are approaches that an experienced Birmingham sex crime defense attorney can take to minimize the consequences – particularly if it is your first offense.

According to Alabama Code 13A-6-69.1, sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 is defined as any sexual contact with by a person over the age of 16 with a person under the age of 12. This is considered a Class B felony, which means a minimum imprisonment of two years and a maximum imprisonment of 20 years. A Class B felony that involves a child (as it did in this case) means that a conviction will garner you no less than 10 years in prison, according to Section 15-20-21(5).

And it’s not even over once you’re released. If your offense involves a child, you’ll be subject to a minimum of 10 years supervised release by a parole officer.

That’s why it’s so important in these cases not to discuss the case with anyone other than your attorney and also to not leave your fate in the hands of a public defender.

Do Not Plead Guilty. If you or a loved one has been arrested for a sex crime in Birmingham or in any of the surrounding areas, contact Eversole Law Offices for a free initial consultation. Call 866-831-5292.

Additional Information:

Jefferson County judge dismisses criminal child sex abuse case against ex-day care center operator, By Eric Velasco, The Birmingham News

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Driving Under the Influence of…Food

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:39:47 +0000

I’ve written in the past about the focus on the relative dangers of impaired driving due to alcohol versus impairment from drowsiness, texting or talking on a cell phone. Thanks to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, DUI has been demonized and the penalties have become Draconian. But studies show the dangers from distracted driving can be at least as dangerous — yet this type of conduct is common and punished with a slap on the wrist — if at all. See, for example, Drunk Driving vs Distracted, Drowsy or Drugged Driving, Inebriated or Texting: Which is More Dangerous When Driving?, Driving Under the Influence of…a Cell Phone and Losing Sight of the Goal.

Now another form of impaired driving has been shown to be possibly more dangerous than drunk driving.

Eating While Driving Riskier Than Being Legally Impaired by Alcohol or Texting

Great Britain. May 7 — Would you believe that eating food while at the wheel of a vehicle could be more dangerous than drinking or texting while driving?

According to a study by the University of Leeds called “Two Hands Better than One,” this is exactly what researchers found based on observation of test subjects operating driving simulators.

The UK researchers measured reaction time while drivers negotiated virtual vehicles, and as it turns out, eating increased response times by 44 percent.

In contrast, texting increased reaction time by 37 percent, and drinking a non-alcoholic beverage from a can or bottle increased reaction time by 22 percent.

And what about the one driving no-no that that nearly everyone agrees is undesirable – drinking alcohol and operating a vehicle?

Drivers asked to operate the simulator who were at the U.S. “legal limit” of .08 percent blood alcohol content increased reaction time by 12.5 percent…

Common sense dictates that drivers can compound their chances for an accident if they do not self-govern and recognize their limits. And as the study indicates, a distraction can come in several forms – even ones that have been considered benign…

Much more could be said about this subject which the U.S. Department of Transportation has been up in arms about in recent years, labeling distracted driving an “epidemic.”

Maybe someone should remind MADD that the goal is saving lives — not returning to Prohibition.

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