We are thrilled to announce that client Michael E. Amick has been freed from custody after 8 years in jail or prison.  His trial started on November 28, 2016 and following a three and a half day jury trial, a Butler County jury found Mike not guilty of First Degree Murder and Second Degree Arson. […]

Blood Alcohol Legal Limit Many people are probably familiar with the phrase ‘blood alcohol’, but what does it really mean, and what are the legal issues pertaining to it? Simply put, blood alcohol is a measure of the amount of alcohol in a person’s system, and therefore the amount of impairment that person is experiencing. […]

 A variety of free and readily available blood alcohol content (BAC) calculators and charts can help you approximate your BAC levels. But simplicity is not always a virtue. BAC calculators and charts have inherent limitations, and are usually accompanied by lengthy disclaimers. Some even include warnings regarding their accuracy. That’s because many factors that can affect […]

You’ve probably seen the scene before – a police officer having a driver attempt to walk a straight line after pulling him over for reckless driving. For them to have been pulled over, Blood Alcohol Level Effects their motor skills which caused them to do something to signal the police. Police are highly trained at […]

Governor Jay Nixon recently signed into law Senate Bill 588 which vastly expands the number of criminal offenses that can be expunged under Missouri’s expungement law.  What this means is that thousands of people with criminal records will be able to get their convictions and arrests expunged.  KOLR10 did a story this week in which criminal […]

COMMON MISBELIEFS URBAN LEGENDS ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING “If I have too much to drink, I can drink a lot of coffee to sober up quickly. Right?” Ha. Tell us another one! Drinking a lot of coffee after drinking too much alcohol may, however, increase your discomfort through the need to use the bathroom while […]

BACtrack is a San Francisco company known for making breathalyzers for both law enforcement and ordinary people. But it won the $200,000 grand prize at a National Institutes of Health-sponsored competition for a different kind of blood alcohol monitor altogether: a wristband much like Fitbit and other fitness trackers that can measure BAC from your […]

Springfield Criminal Defense Attorney Adam Woody was interviewed this week by the local ABC affiliate, KSPR33, regarding an important Supreme Court case, Birchfield v. North Dakota, which was handed down on June 23.  To read the article, which includes several quotes from Adam on the case, click here.  Essentially what the case does is it […]

Reasonable Suspicion Reasonable suspicion is a general criminal law concept that also applies to driving under the influence. It requires that officers have an objectively reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity before detaining someone. It’s a standard that’s lower than probable cause (discussed below). Before pulling someone over, an officer needs only a reasonable suspicion […]

There has been a recent trend within the criminal justice system that has led to a decrease in the use of the death penalty around the country.  The public has apparently noticed.  The local ABC affiliate, KSPR, did a story this week about the decline in the use of the death penalty and interviewed criminal […]