Category Archives: Forensic Science
Harrisburg DUI Attorney Justin McShane to Present at ACS National Meeting
June 14, 2010 by Justin McShane
DUI involves a lot of science. From biology to physiology to chemistry to pharmacology, a diligent DUI attorney must have a firm grasp of the scientific aspects involved in a DUI case. In an effort to provide the very best representation to my clients, I have spent countless hours studying scientific papers, attending seminars and [...]
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Here is an article about the famous National Academy of Sciences study. I thought I should post it as a follow up to my post about the crime labs in San Francisco. Government-Funded Study Calls for Overhaul of Nation’s Crime Labs Forensic science has helped send thousands of suspected murderers, rapists and other alleged criminals [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 9 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
April 20, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 9: "Conclusion," expert DUI Attorney McShane urges his audience to use truth and science in DUI defense instead of "smoke and mirrors." The McShane Firm is the premiere DUI/DWI law firm in Harrisburg, [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 8 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
April 13, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 8: "Dealing with DRE Officers," expert DUI Attorney McShane explains various tactics for dealing with so-called Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) officers in DUI-D cases. The McShane Firm is the premiere DUI/DWI law firm [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 7 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
April 6, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 7: "Educating The Jury," expert DUI Attorney McShane explains how to beat a state drug expert by demonstrating to jurors the difference between a valid and conclusve result and a real-world false conclusion [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 6 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
March 30, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 6: "Solid Dose Drug Testing," expert DUI Attorney McShane focuses on solid does drug testing, and explains why gas chromatography is the most accurate drug identification system, but oly if preformed properly. The [...]
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Carryover effect part 3: Flushing of inert gas is not enough to prove there is no carryover
March 24, 2010 by Justin McShane
We have all heard of the "three second rule". Namely that if someone drops food on the floor that it is good and safe to eat if you are above to snatch it back up within three seconds. Sometimes we blow on it even to "get off the bacteria, germs and other stuff from the [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 5 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
March 23, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 5: "Drug Testing Overview," expert DUI Attorney McShane presents an overview the different types of DUI-D testing systems and the shortcomings of each. The McShane Firm is the premiere DUI/DWI law firm in [...]
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Carryover effect part Deux: Autodilution may be part of the problem for false blood results in DUI
March 19, 2010 by Justin McShane
Just recently I posted "The Carry-over Effect: Lack of Blanks between tests leads to false positive or inflated BAC results" where we discussed the carry-over effect in Blood testing in DUI cases. One of the possible places for carry-over effect is when an auto-pipetter is used in an autodiluter. Pennsylvania has some labs that in their [...]
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Defending DUI Drug Cases: Part 4 from PA DUI attorney Justin J. McShane
March 16, 2010 by Justin McShane
Pennsylvania DUI attorney Justin J. McShane, Esq. presents his lecture "Defending DUI Drug Cases" in Hartford, CT in December 2009. In Part 4: "Dosage and Drug Response," expert DUI Attorney McShane explains the important roles of both the drug response curve and chronic dose sample error in successfully defending DUI-D cases. The McShane Firm is [...]
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