Successfully Defending Michigans Drinking Drivers

A West Bloomfield Police Officer by the name of Jeffrey Pindzia is being charged with a common law offense and conspiracy to commit a common law offense – this according ...

It is possible for a person arrested for drunk driving who is suffering from GERD to have a breath test result that is way too high.  So what does ”way too high” really mean?  It’s impossible to ...

There is no doubt about it: DUI trial lawyers are in the story-telling business.  And in order to win the trial, the DUI defense lawyer must be able to tell ...

In reviewing videotapes of our client’s DUI arrests we often see cell phones being used in the booking room at the same time that the breath test is being administered.  ...

The lynchpin of Michigan drunk driving prosecution is a reliable breath testing program.  Prosecutors have big problems when this reliability is legitimately called into question. This is exactly what has ...

I teach a course entitled “Drunk Driving: Law and Practice” at the Auburn Campus of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.  One two hour class session is devoted to the ...

If you are arrested for drunk driving in Michigan then you will most likely be asked to submit to a breath test.  The purpose of this test is to determine ...

The Michigan administrative rules for breath testing require that the breath test operator in a drunk driving case observe the suspect continuously for 15 minutes prior to administering the breath ...

Every year more and more people charged with drunk driving in Michigan hire the Barone Defense Firm to handle their case.  The reason:  Nobody gets better results for their clients ...

Sometimes, as part of a zealous attempt to obtain a conviction in a drunk driving case, a prosecutor may hint at, attempt to elicit testimony about, or perhaps even simply ...

As was pointed out in a prior article, during a Michigan DUI trial some prosecutors may hint at, attempt to elicit testimony about, or perhaps even simply argue that the ...

Every DUI lawyer knows that winning OWI trials requires persuading juries to disregard  a breath or blood test.  But disregarding does not mean ignoring.  For this reason one of the ...

Many Michigan DUI lawyers see blood tests as nearly impossible to defend.  This may be due to a lack of knowledge on their part, or it may be due to ...

At the October meeting in Las Vegas, Illinois attorney Donald J. Ramsell was named a “Regent” of the prestigious 1,000 member National College for DUI Defense.. Ramsell is the managing ...

Michigan’s breath alcohol testing Class IIIB DataMaster Operator’s Training Manual sets forth all of the requirements necessary for a mobile breath testing van in Michigan.  The mobile van was first introduced ...