DUI Blog
"Drunken-driving laws, law enforcement and legal procedures, blood-alcohol science and evidence, constitutional issues, and the politics of DUI."
Author: Lawrence Eric Taylor is the principal of the Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor Inc., which has eight California offices and on in Las Vegas. He wrote Drunk Driving Defense and California Drunk Driving Defense.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Procedure • Trials & Litigation • Evidence • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from DUI Blog
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No Surprise: Dirty DUI Cop Goes Free
I’ve posted in the past about so-called "DUI Super Cops", who get promotions, awards and lots of money by racking up huge numbers of drunk driving arrests — legitimate or not. See, for example, DUI SuperCops and SuperCops…and SuperCons.…
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“Due Process” for DUI License Suspensions
So you got stopped last night and arrested for drunk driving. And right after the Breathalyzer showed a blood-alcohol reading of .12%, the officer confiscated your driver’s license and gave you a a piece of…
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DUI….in a Lounge Chair
The latest news from the front lines of MADD’s "War on Drunk Driving": Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy Duluth, MN. Oct. 22 – A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized…
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Police Plan Fundraiser in DUI Double Fatality…for the Drunk Driver
So two people are killed by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol level over three times the legal limit. So maybe there’s going to be a fundraising benefit for the families of the victims,…
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DUI Quotas
DUI attorneys have long contended that many police agencies impose quotas on their officers for drunk driving arrests. And police agencies have long contended that this is simply not true. Imposing quotas, of course, has a coercive…
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A “Fraudulent” Field Sobriety Test?
The critical part of any drunk driving investigation is the administration of "field sobriety tests" (FSTs). These usually consist of a battery of excercises involving balance, coordination and mental agility — and are difficult to perform for…
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Another “DUI Super Cop”
I’ve written repeatedly in the past about the growing phenomenon of the so-called "DUI Super Cop". See, for example, DUI SuperCops, How to be a "Top Cop" and SuperCops: The Smoking Gun. The are cops who rack up…
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“Immaculate Intoxication”
Can alcohol be created by the human body itself — without any drinking? Apparently so. In an interesting scientific article, two physicians at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore reported that they detected the odor of…
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More News From the Battlefront….
Another potential killer removed from our highways: Man Rides Motorbike in Court Woodstock, IL. Sept. 25 – A Marengo man charged with drunken driving rode his motorbike in court Tuesday, not to it. Carl Ahrens,…
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Where Are We Going?
The latest from the front…. ER Nurse Sues Cop for Handcuffing Her During Dispute Over Drawing Suspect’s Blood Chicago, IL. Sept. 21 –A head emergency room nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital has sued the…