Put this one in the official “What not to do during a traffic stop” manual. Denver DUI defense attorneys couldn’t believe the recent news of an Ohio man taking a swig of beer after being pulled over for suspicion of DUI. According to the police, Stephen Supers, a 25 year old man from Elyria, Ohio, […]
Denver DUI attorneys caught this recent story out of Chicago. Last week Chicago police saw a sleeping Raul Vega, Jr. creeping down the road. They were able to catch up to Vega’s 2000 Oldsmobile Alero on foot and even stopped the vehicle by hand! Inside was a passed out Vega at the wheel. Apparently he […]
The Fort Collins City Council is considering a proposal to “grandfather” in medical marijuana dispensaries, called “centers,” to avoid new zoning guidelines that took effect last year. According to the newly adopted zoning guidelines, the number of centers will be capped at 23, are required to be at least 500 feet away from schools, parks, […]
Colorado Representatives Claire Levy and Mark Waller have just introduced a bill which would set a legal limit on the amount of THC that is permissible in a person’s blood while driving. HB 11-1261, introduced this week, proposes that a person with a blood content at or above 5 nanograms of THC be charged with […]
Here we go again. Just as she was hoping to be free of her supervised probation from a 2007 DUI conviction, Los Angeles prosecutors officially charged Lindsay Lohan with felony grand theft over allegedly taking a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in California. The 24 year old actress was just released from court ordered […]
A Florida man has been accused of using his pit bull to participate in an assault on his daughter Sunday night after the Super Bowl. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s report, Julian Maynard Saunders, a 49 year old Ocala resident, got into an argument with his 19 year old daughter over the use of […]
It’s no secret that the Super Bowl is one of the most popular American pastimes that people often celebrate by consuming alcohol. With the Colorado State Patrol and other Colorado law enforcement agencies increasing their DUI patrols, experienced DUI lawyers in Denver urge everyone be responsible and use a sober designated driver if your festivities […]
You’d be surprised just how many laws we have in this country. Federal, state and municipal governments all pass their own sets of laws and all empower administrative agencies (like the EPA or the Colorado Division of Wildlife) to make “rules,” which are essentially laws. On top of that, courts make laws with their published […]
A Kentucky DUI case took an odd turn after the presiding judge dismissed DUI charges against Michael Howard because he was asleep. Jefferson County District Judge David Armstrong ruled that, under Kentucky law, Howard should not have been charged with DUI because he was asleep and did not have physical control of the vehicle. While […]
As a criminal defense lawyer I’m often an object of curiosity at social gatherings. Strangers find out my profession and always have a litany of questions. How can you defend criminals? Don’t you think those people belong in jail? Aren’t you scared of your clients? These may seem like simple questions, but they are actually […]