A federal judge has ordered a private contractor to stop recording confidential conversations between inmates and their attorneys at a prison in Kansas. U.S. The government’s intrusion into attorney-client meetings is shameful. Click here to read th...
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A woman in Madison, Wisconsin was pulled over for suspected DUI. Instead, she disobeyed an order to get out of her car and opened another beer in front of the officer who stopped her. If this were my client I would be worried the fact-finder would find ...
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A new ordinance approved by the Wichita City Council on Tuesday means biking under the influence will be treated with a lighter hand than driving a motor vehicle under the influence. The new ordinance is designed to separate the two offenses to make it ea...
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Make sure you check out this month’s issue of Splurge Magazine. I share some common myths about drinking and driving as well as the one sure fire way to avoid a DUI (hint: it’s not drinking and driving). However, should you find yourself in tr...
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Proof of “driving,” for purpose of determining whether the defendant was a operating motor vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, does not require an eyewitness to the driving; it may be shown by circumstantial evidence. Also, one do...
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This is one of the reasons I love doing what I do. Not every situation is black and white and having an experienced attorney on your side is crucial if you are faced with a DUI or DWI. Take this most recent example in New Jersey of records tampering that...
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The alcohol breath test is the most commonly used form of alcohol testing evidence in drunk driving prosecutions. Many articles praise the breath test as a highly accurate and reliable means of testing the amount of alcohol in the alveolar air of a person...
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Utah is looking to lower the legal alcohol limit to .05 – a first in the nation. Currently, all 50 states have a .08 cap. This is a single drink for many people. I wonder if our legislature in Kansas will follow suit and if we will ever pass a zero ...
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This article, and the holding in West Virginia, doesn’t mean a change for us Kansans. In Kansas, you can get a DUI on private property. Read the article here. In fact, in my November 15th blog post I explained that in Kansas just sitting behind the...
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A recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, reports that there has been a seven percent reduction in fatal drunk driving accidents in states that require ignition interlocks for drunk driving offenders. An ignition interlock is a device wh...
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