The science of the Justin Bieber DUI case: How a lawyer-scientist can help

The science of the Justin Bieber DUI case: How a lawyer-scientist can help [Updated on 26 January 2014 at 905 am EST entitled “The Problem with the Resisting Arrest without Violence charge.”] [Updated on 31 January at 1216 pm EST to include the TMZ link to the GPS records.] There are a lot of my…

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Suspending a driver's license in a DUI case before a court ruling is unconstitutional.

Suspended Before a DUI Conviction- Is this Even Constitutional?

According to local reports, a judge in Northampton County Pennsylvania has suspended the driver’s license of some of those suspected for DUI, even before the matter has been resolved in court: Policy of taking licenses before a DUI conviction draws critics The Salisbury Township woman insisted she was innocent of allegations she had driven drunk,…

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Pennsylvania Police Officer Admits to Lying Under Oath in DUI Case

Pennsylvania Police Officer Admits to Lying in DUI Cases

We all want to trust the police and see them as upright protectors of justice. While many police officers are very professional and take their responsibility very seriously, there are others who are corrupt and use unscrupulous tactics that harm the common citizen. Bad cops exist everywhere and there is no shortage of them in…

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It takes a great deal of preparation and knowledge to cross-examine a forensic expert in a DUI case.

Challenging DUI Blood Evidence Part 5: Cross-Examining Forensic Experts

One question young, ambitious lawyers often ask me is, “how do you effectively cross-examine forensic experts?”  Cross-examining the prosecution’s experts is one of the most important stages in a DUI case because if that “expert” testimony is left unchallenged, the blood alcohol reading or the drug concentration result will be accepted and most certainly will…

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Attorney McShane Instrumental in Supreme Court Win

Attorney McShane Co-writes Amicus in Supreme Court Win

The Supreme Court Announces its Decision in Bullcoming v. New Mexico in Favor of the Petitioner The Supreme Court of the United States has reversed the decision in the case of Bullcoming v. New Mexico siding with the argument that the prosecution using a surrogate forensic analyst who was not involved in the actual testing…

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The PA DUI Attorney Challenge: Taking DUI Cases to Trial

The PA DUI Attorney Challenge: Taking DUI Cases to Trial

Having the right DUI lawyer at your side can make all the difference.  The Pennsylvania DUI prosecutors you are up against have extensive experience and have one single goal- convicting you of DUI.  They have the police on their side, who are trained and practiced professional witnesses, and they have some form of evidence which they…

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Attorney McShane Successfully Appeal a Pennsylvania DUI Case

Pennsylvania DUI Attorney Wins Appeal in The Superior Court of Pennsylvania

I recently had the opportunity to defend a Pennsylvania DUI case that ended in a conviction for my client at trial.  However, I appealed the judgment to The Superior Court of Pennsylvania and they overturned the verdict.  However, in doing so, the Superior Court for the first time in Pennsylvania applied in its published opinion…

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