Victoria Police was caught falsifying more than a quarter million roadside breath tests over a five-year period. The claim is that the officers did this to meet quotas or to highlight their productivity. At the end of the month, when quotas had not been met, officers would set up ad-hoc…
A study out of the Mississippi State University suggests that people with bodily alcohol levels at or near the legal limit are actually more creative. According to a 2018 article in the Harvard Business Review, test subjects who imbibed in alcohol were able to give more correct answers to word…
After you’ve been arraigned on your Michigan DUI/OWI, the court will make a determination as to bond conditions. The court will add conditions to your bond because you have been charged with a serious offense and the court wants to make sure that, while out on bond, you’re not continuing…
On March 22, 2018, an Amish man was arrested in Ohio for drunk driving after he ran a stop sign. He admitted to the police that he drank 10 beers. The police noticed the failure to stop and then began following the buggy because they believed it may be lead…
Michigan’s Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA), and the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) both contain a series of new laws that are subject to interpretation. As medical marijuana licensing continues, LARA (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs) periodically issues opinions on various matters requiring such interpretation, and recently this…
There are several ways to look at this question. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines the two terms this way. Notice the results-based language contained in these definitions: Impairment—Refers to the deterioration of an individual’s judgment and/or physical ability. Physiological and cognitive impairment begin at BAC levels below those…
Michigan is likely to have a .05 legal limit for drunk driving within the next five years. This is because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has begun pushing a .05 legal limit at the national level. Once a .05 legal limit is adopted as national policy, the federal…
The number of Michigan citizens with a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) continues to increase each year with 2018 on track to become a recording breaking year. As of April 2018, there are a total of 993,026 CPL holders in Michigan according to police CPL records. The current pace of new…
Because an at-home electronic-monitoring program is not incarceration, the Oakland County Michigan work release program is not open to some felony offenders. Where mandatory incarceration is concerned, the tether program is a restriction, not a confinement, and is not ‘jail’ as that term is commonly used and understood. In 2010…
Beginning in early February 2010, “virtual” work release is available for some offenders. After the new program starts, the traditional work release program will be eliminated. This significant change has the potential to impact criminal law sentence negotiation and overall sentencing practices throughout Oakland County. Virtual work release will consist…