Overworked, under-trained staff with no meaningful oversight is a recipe for disaster in any organization, especially one as technical as a state forensics lab. The problem here is errors can lead to innocent people being convicted of DUI and drug offenses. They will face license suspensions and jail time just to say the least of…
read more »Month: May 2011
PA DUI News: Man Jailed for Ninth DUI
I recently came across media reports about a man who was jailed in Pennsylvania on charges of his ninth DUI. Since he has the right to be presumed innocent while is current case is on going I will instead refer to his history of eight DUI convictions. However, he is not the only one, many…
read more »Judge Rules DUI Blood Testing to be Unreliable
As an experienced PA DUI Attorney, I have deeply studied the forensic science that is presented in DUI blood tests. This knowledge has helped me win a number of cases and makes me a stronger defender of my clients’ rights. As practiced in a majority of places in the United States, DUI blood tests are…
read more »More Police DUI Corruption
The police are constantly claiming that their increased focus on DUI is an effort to keep drunk drivers off the road. It’s a great ideal, in theory. But what happens when it is one of their own. That sounds pretty hypocritical when you find that they hand out free passes to their buddies who get…
read more »Pennsylvania authorities claim to have super-secret DUI sauce to stop DUIs
As the premier DUI attorney in PA, I see it as my duty to zealously fight for the rights of all of the public and especially those accused of DUI in Pennsylvania. As a part of my commitment to public safety, I am currently involved in a battle over access to the DUI training materials…
read more »Police Play Stupid DUI Games-Big Brother is Watching your Drinking
State officials seem to come up with some bizarre ways of combating the DUI problem. The problem with these home-grown solutions is they are not scientifically valid and often times are based on farce and conjecture. Take for example what’s going on in Washington. The State Liquor Control Board there makes an annual list of…
read more »Lying Officer Puts Hundred of DUI Cases in Jeopardy
I dedicate this blog posts to all of those who still believe in the fallacy that just because someone is arrested for a DUI they must be guilty. Here we have a media report of a real life case where a police officer in Charlotte has been caught falsifying his testimony in court. In other…
read more »Another Week, Another Breath Testing Scandal- I Think I See a Pattern
Another week, another breath testing scandal. Whether it’s Philadelphia or our nation’s capital it seems like states and counties all over the country are reporting the same issue- faulty breath testing equipment leading to erroneous BrAC readings and false DUI arrests and even convictions. This week it’s Santa Clara’s turn. The problem is not limited…
read more »Why Weaving Doesn’t Matter in DUI
Most police officers will tell you that weaving is a dead give-away that a driver is DUI. This couldn’t be further from the truth. (But then again when have the police been known for being truthful?) As I have written before, weaving is not specific to being drunk and thus if just within a lane…
read more »When a PA DUI Becomes a Federal Case
Summer vacations are just around the corner visit some of the many National Parks or National Forests in Pennsylvania, such as Gettysburg or on federal installations such as Fort Indiantown Gap. And just as is the case every summer, the incidence of DUI arrests on federal lands increases dramatically. What many people do not know…
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