Criminal Defense Lawyers

Criminal, or Penal, Law, refers to the body of rules that govern punishments for a number of legal offenses, usually enforced by the government. Each state has its own set of procedures to deal with the offenses committed, but for all states, punishment is occurring for a person’s failure to comply with a set of [...]

Legal Alcohol Limit and Driving - Are All Countries the Same?

The legal alcohol limit when driving is based on the blood alcohol content of one’s blood. The blood alcohol content (BAC) is a measure of how much alcohol is in the blood. When it exceeds a certain percentage, then it is not deemed safe to drive. There are many different factors that conclude what one’s [...]

Death Row Release

After 22 years on death row, Paul House will appear in court on Friday for a bail hearing that could set him free. Paul House was convicted back in 1986 for the murder of a young mother. The young mother, Carolyn Muncey was brutally murdered in 1986 in Union County, Tennessee.
In 2006, the U.S. Supreme [...]

Car Accident & Investigation

This morning a man was driving in Washington County, Maryland and was involved in a car accident that resulted in serious injury. The driver was allegedly driving on a no pass zone during this mornings commute. While trying to pass several cars the driver was met by oncoming traffic.
Trying to avoid the oncoming traffic the [...]

Hit & Run in Hartford

a 78 year old man was hit by a car today in Hartford, Connecticut. The man was crossing a street and an upcoming car struck the man and tossed him up in the air. The car that hit the man decided to proceed and did not stop at the scene of the accident. A hit [...]

Rezko Convicted

Antoin Rezko long time friend of Barrack Obama and partner was convicted Wednesday, June 4th of a series of white collar crimes. Mr. Rezko was being charge of money laundering, fraud and aiding and abetting. Mr. Rezko was ultimately convicted of six counts of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, two counts of aiding [...]

Ride With A Drunk Driver And You May Be Legally Responsible For Your Own Injuries Or Death

A case decided last October by the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s decision to hold a passenger 35% responsible for her own injuries after accepting a ride from a driver she knew to have consumed alcohol earlier in the evening.
With the holidays approaching soon, I expect that there will be many more opportunities [...]

Few Steps for Deciding which DUI Attorney you want to Hire?

Types of DUI: There have been many attempts to find advance indicators of who will drive when impaired by alcohol. The most well-established predictor is prior driving under the influence (DUI) arrests. Also, people who injure others or who have been injured after drinking will have more DUI convictions (Buntain-Ricklefs et al., 1995). Those with [...]

DUI Law

With the increasing number of accidents associated with driving while under the influence of alcohol or DUI’s the DUI law has changed and there are now many lawyers who practice DUI law in order to represent the individuals accused of DUI’s. If you are unaware of the laws in your state regarding DUI law you [...]

Police are sneaking samples of your breath to detect DUI

According to a law firm of San Diego DUI Lawyers and Drunk Driving Attorneys, there’s a hidden breath testing device being used on unsuspecting drivers who are being involuntarily tested for DUI. That’s right. This is no gimmick or urban wives’ tale, it’s a little known fact that Police Officers across the country are using [...]