Noah’s Law
Effective October 1 there will be major changes to Administrative penalties regarding the breath test. For those reading this now if you blow between .08-.14 you face a 45 day loss of license or a 45...
View ArticleCourt Ordered Interlock Issues Update
I had a Violation of Probation Hearing yesterday in Circuit Court for alleged interlock "failures." There were none. The client's first blow was unsuccessful but the subsequent blow was a pass. I...
View ArticleHarford County DUI Dismissal
The importance of police KGA Broadcasts can never be underestimated. My client tells me about his stop and subsequent arrest and I expect I will see the same information in the police report. I have...
View ArticleHealth-care bill would drop addiction treatment mandate covering 1.3 million...
This issue has nothing to do with whether you voted for President Trump or Ms. Clinton. Obama care may be a disaster, my premiums skyrocketed like yours. There were 4 needed features- coverage of...
View ArticleHarford County DUI Dismissal
Friday afternoon I finally said to the prosecutor, as we discussed for the second straight day the DUI case against my client, that we had talked about this case longer than the jury will be out...
View ArticleOUT- OF STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE MUST READ TO DRIVE IN MARYLAND
I watched a disaster today in Carroll County District Court. A Pennsylvania resident with a PA driver's license got a DUI and blew a .10. Instead of requesting a Hearing and getting a 6 month...
View ArticleBaltimore County Body Cam Not Guilty
I just returned from court after a Not Guilty verdict in a DUI. There were 14 Body Cams but only one that was diapositive. That Body Cam showed my client at his car and the subsequent field sobriety...
View ArticleDon’t Be Lazy! Watch the Body
You may be surprised to learn that when you are drinking you don't remember much of what went on in your interaction with the police. You knew it at the time, but recollecting it in my office is a...
View ArticleDUI Dismissal in Baltimore County
Another Body cam video that added nothing for the State. The client was charged with a DUI based upon an accident. No one could testify if he was the driver or the passenger. The Body Cam did not...
View ArticleYou Pay Peanuts You Get a Monkey
That is a phrase my former partner used years ago when he set a fee and the potential client said he or she knew a cheaper lawyer. I started writing this a couple months ago but thought I would...
View ArticleWhere is the Anne Arundel County Car Video
Hide the ball trick does not work. Three years ago I wrote a Blog about a police officer who I caught lying in his FIRST CASE! I have kept the video from that case on my IPad and the original tape...
View ArticleState Police Played Games and Lost
New client came in on Thanksgiving day after having been charged the night before with a DUI. She was the designated driver and was out with her sister who was the drinker. She gets stopped for an...
View Article# Badass. Thank G-D for the Body Cam Video
That is the title of the AVVO review from my client. The arrest was an absolute disgrace. The client was stopped for an inoperable headlight. When I got the video, I was so angry I was going to...
View ArticleNot Guilty Driving Under the Influence of Prescription Medication
This case is the same one my most recent review references. My client takes Morphine during the day and an Oxy at night because of multiple surgeries. The dosage of each is small as it has decreased...
View ArticleCecil County Not Guilty
It is extremely rare when a judge takes a case away from a jury and acquits the defendant. It happened last week in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. This was a DUI involving a high breath test....
View ArticleHarford County Not Guilty- Video Schtick
Client was acquitted today of all charges including the minor traffic charges. It was an interesting case as there was CCTV from the Sheriff's Office video-taping my client leaving a restaurant and...
View ArticleHarford County Not Guilty Jury Trial
Well it took 3 days because of the sparse courtroom time that was available, but my client was acquitted and keeps his CDL. I let in evidence that the State did not produce a foundation for because I...
View ArticleReturn your client’s or their family members’ calls
One advantage of being in practice alone is that I am the only person who shows up in court. People are unhappy when they retain a specific lawyer and then on the day od trial/plea somebody else...
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