Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on handling a vehicular homicide or manslaughter case where a client was driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Featuring experienced criminal defense attorneys from the countrys top firms, this book guides the reader through the important legal trends and recent cases influencing this area, and what these changes mean for clients and their counsel. These top lawyers share important guidance that will be useful to attorneys new to the practice area as well as seasoned practitioners, as they discuss how to collect and evaluate forensic evidence, utilize technical and scientific experts to prepare an effective defense, and appropriately challenge the prosecutions witnesses. Whether the focus is on achieving success in the courtroom or negotiating a settlement offer, these authors disclose advice that will help you satisfy your clients needs. Additionally, these leaders examine how to deal with the challenges of these cases, including the complex scientific evidence, evolving technology, strict penalties, and the deep emotions involved. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts on the keys to success within this high-stakes field.
For even the most seasoned attorney admitted to practice in the State of Colorado, defending DUI cases has always presented special challenges. Today mounting a successful defense is more difficult than ever. Now you have the advantage with Colorado DUI Defense: The Law and Practice. This text and supplementary DVD contains the most important information to help you attain a successful verdict.Written by Jay M. Tiftickjian and James Nesci, both members of the National College for DUI Defense,Colorado DUI Defense: The Law and Practice ensures that you understand the chemical, biological and technological concepts and issues underlying DUI prosecution and defense in the State of Colorado. The authors provide the most up-to-date information available on key areas of DUI law in Colorado including: DUI Investigations, Driving and Field Sobriety Testing, Drug Recognition, Evaluation and Chemical Testing, Blood Alcohol Calculations, Pre-trial Investigations and Motions, Practice, Plea Offers and Agreements, DUI Trial Procedures, and more.Many practical tools and applications designed to streamline and simplify the complex DUI defense process have been developed along with this book. They are all included on a bonus DVD--so you can locate, review and print them out in a matter of seconds. The companion DVD contains NHTSA studies, articles and visual detection videos.
This book provides a method and essential background knowledge for examining scientific evidence and testimony regarding sleep-related criminal behavior.
Nobody anticipates being charged with DUI (called 'OVI' in Ohio). When it happens, people have a lot of questions. This guide is designed to answer those questions. If you have been charged with OVI in Ohio, the first thing you should do is educate yourself about OVI cases and OVI lawyers. This guide is a great way to do that.By reading this book, you will have the information you need before going to court. You will learn what the prosecution must prove for an OVI conviction and the possible defenses to OVI. You will also learn the consequences of an OVI conviction. You will become familiar with the evidence in OVI cases, and you will know what to expect in the court process.You will also receive the information you need before making decisions about your OVI case. This guide provides a framework to help you decide if you are going to fight the OVI and whether you want a lawyer. If you choose to hire a lawyer, this guide contains resources for researching lawyers, criteria to evaluate their qualifications, and questions to ask when you speak with them.With this valuable information, you will be equipped to make well-informed decisions about how to handle your OVI case.
Cielo Drive cuts like a beautiful scar along the bottom of a V-shaped canyon in the hills of Bel Air, off of Benedict. In February, 1969, as she looked out on it from the red farmhouse at 10050 Cielo she and her husband Roman Polanski had just rented, Sharon had no way of knowing that she only had 6 months to live. On the night of August 9th, members of "The Manson Family" would invade that house and murder Sharon and three of her closest friends. But strangely, half a year earlier, she'd had a brush with a different killer. It happened after her younger sister Patti, then 11, looked across at the ominous Spanish-Moorish estate Sharon called "The Haunted House." In "Restless Souls," their remarkable memoir, Alisa Statmen and Brie Tate write that Patti then hiked down and across Cielo, walking up to No. 1436 Bella Drive. There, she encountered an open gate where white pillars bore the name: Falcon Lair. Once the home of Rudolf Valentino, it had been purchased in 1953 by the fabulously wealthy heiress Doris Duke. The wrought iron gates were open when Patti wandered inside. Suddenly, she heard, the caretaker yell, "This is private property!" Startled, she turned and lost her balance, skinning her knee, when just then, a black limo pulled in. A tinted window went down and a tall woman in back lowered her sunglasses to ask who she was. Once she ID'd herself as Patti, whose sister Sharon lived "across in the red barn," Doris knew that this wasn't just any child. She was the sibling of the hottest young star in town. So Doris snapped to the caretaker, "Stop being such an ogre and bring Patti in, so we can clean those scraps. And get me the Polanski's phone number." Later, the Duke staff was bandaging Patti's knee when Sharon arrived, "nervously chewing her lower lip" and apologizing to the blond billionaire who was the 3rd richest woman in the world behind Queen Elizabeth & Queen Juliana. But by then, Sharon Tate was Hollywood royalty herself; her husband Roman, coming off "Rosemary's Baby," was a kind of cinematic prince. So why was she nervous? What would make her bite her lip in the face of a woman whose caretaker's aggressive warning had caused her little sister to draw blood? Since Sharon was killed that summer, we'll never know. But one thing is clear: this wasn't the first time Sharon Tate had been pulled into Doris Duke's orbit. 2 1/2 years earlier, one of Sharon's closest friends, Eduardo Tirella, had been violently killed after Doris crushed him under a two-ton station wagon. At the time, all of Eduardo's friends suspected he'd been murdered. The brutal stabbing of Sharon Tate is the tragic tale of a young woman of great promise cut down in the prime of life. But the same could be said for Eduardo, whose own Hollywood career was just catching fire, when he told the possessive, heiress he was leaving her, just minutes before she ran him down outside the gates of her Newport, RI estate. Because she had the money and power, Doris Duke succeeded in effectively erasing his death from the narrative of her troubled life. For more than 50 years, the real truth behind what happened at Rough Point in 1966 has been hidden. Until now!
"Providing step-by-step instruction in defense of a drunk driving case in California, California Drunk Driving Defense outlines what to anticipate and how to prepare for DUI/DWI pretrial and trial proceedings. The authors provide information on sentencing, license suspension, and revocation, as well as strategy guidance regarding: Field evidence and the arresting officer; What to expect and how to prepare for pretrial and trial proceedings; Methods to challenge the Intoxilyzer, Intoximeter, and blood and urine analyses; Tasks for cross-examination of the chemical expert and the arresting officer; Professional responsibility issues; Civilian witnesses; Substantive offenses; Giving compelling jury instructions; Suppression of evidence, and Successfully attacking prior convictions" -- http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Treatises/California-Drunk-Driving-Defense-5th/p/104310653
Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases, 2013 ed. provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on handling a vehicular homicide or manslaughter case where a client was driving under the influence. Featuring experienced criminal defense attorneys from around the country, this book guides the reader through the important legal trends and recent cases influencing this area, and what these changes mean for clients and counsel. These top lawyers divulge tips that will be useful to both new attorneys and seasoned practitioners, as they discuss how to evaluate technical and forensic evidence, utilize experts, prepare an aggressive defense, and contest the prosecutions case. Whether the focus is on achieving success in the courtroom or negotiating a settlement offer, these authors disclose advice that will help you satisfy your clients needs. Additionally, these leaders examine how to deal with the challenges of these cases, including the complex scientific evidence, changing technology, stricter penalties, and emotional dynamics. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts on the keys to success within this high-stakes field.
