The tragic death of Hailey Owens that has an entire community in mourning took another turn last week when her parents filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit against her accused killer, Craig Michael Wood. The lawsuit prompts new questions about the case, as well as about the motivation behind filing the lawsuit. Among those questions […]
All Driving While Intoxicated cases have two separate aspects: the administrative portion of the case and the criminal portion of the case. As we all know, the breathalyzer result (BAC) can be an important part of DWI cases and can impact both the administrative and criminal aspects. On the criminal side, state or city prosecutors […]
On January 21, 2014 the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case Navarette v. California. In that case an anonymous caller dialed 911 to inform the police that a person was driving recklessly and had almost ran the caller off the road. The caller provided only a vague description of the vehicle. […]
“If I am pulled over and an officer asks me to take field sobriety tests (FST’s), I have to comply” False. Failure of FST’s is a strong piece of evidence for the government. Many people cannot pass these tests, even when having nothing to drink at all. When you take these tests you are, in […]