Face it most drunk driving arrests (DUI) are made between midnight and 4:00 A.M. Los Angeles DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor posted about the effects of the your circadian rhythm and the field sobriety tests . Your circadian rhythm is basically your body clock. It stands to reason that if your are doing a
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Don’t talk Yourself Into A Jail Cell
Denver , Colorado DUI attorney Jay Tiftickjian wrote a recent blog post on " It never pays to talk to the police". I agree 100 % . One reason citizens talk to police is that is the way we are wired. We are brought up to believe the police will help us if we explain the…
New Tennessee DUI Law Proposal
Last December , I was asked to participate in a meeting about a proposal by the folks at the state mental health department on a DUI law . Basically , the law will give folks that are facing a DUI jail sentence for a second or third offense DUI charge to get more jail credit…
Murfreesboro , Tennessee DUI Alert
I really don’t know what a blog really is supposed to look like. I comment on issues that interest me as well as things that come up in my law practice. Today , I thought I would report on how DUI cases are being handled in Murfreesboro, Tn. In 2012 , the Tennessee Legislature passed…
Why You Sholdn’t Do Field Sobriety Tests ?
In most Tennessee drunk driving cases (DUI) , the police ask you to do some field sobriety tests. Most folks want to cooperate with the police and they try to do them. You just made the wrong decision. There are several reasons why you should not do the field sobriety tests ;
- Under Tennessee law
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Franklin DUI Checkpoint Alert
The Franklin , Tennessee Police Department announced a DUI checkpoint for November 15,2013. From the announcement , it will be somewhere on Hillsboro Road. In fact , the Franklin Police Department posted this announcement. This is the teaching point of this post. In order to comply with any constitutional problem with DUI checkpoints or DUI roadblocks , the…
3200 Tennessee DUI Cases in Jeopardy
Chattanooga criminal defense attorney Jerry Summers discovered a major problem with a blood alcohol test in a vehicular homicide case he was handing Mr.. Summers requested an independent sample of his clients blood. The independent test came back completely different than what the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) analyst Kyle Bayer reported. The case against…
Avoid Driving While Intoxicated Tip 1
You know why they serve food at cocktail parties ? It slows down the absorption of alcohol. Texas DUI lawyer Deandra Grant wrote a great post on how to avoid driving while intoxicated. Tip 1. Notice I borrowed her title.
Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach increases rapid gastric emptying which is associated with a much…
Can A Tennessee DUI Case Be Dismissed If the Police Lose The Video ?
One of the critical pieces of evidence in any Nashville DUI case is the arrest video tape. Surprisingly , few Metro Nashville police cars have video dash cams. In Williamson County , Tennessee almost all police cars have video dash cams. The Tennessee Supreme Court recently issued a ruling on lost video tapes.
In some…
Alcohol Treatment and Tennessee’s Drunk Driving Laws
What should be the goals of Tennessee’s drunk driving laws? Punishment? Toughness? Rehabilitation? DUI laws are a political football in Tennessee. The Tennessee Legislature creates some new DUI law every term from mandatory ignition interlock to increased punishment. But what are the goals? Should our government encourage people charged with a crime to get help? Here…