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Entries for October 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS PREPARES TO PRESENT AT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OF MICHIGAN CONFERENCE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

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Monday, October 29, 2012

JUDGE CONGRATULATES ATTORNEY ON A JOB WELL DONE FOR HIS CLIENT

Categories: Domestic Violence

 . . .client was able to walk from the courtroom WITHOUT the possibility of jail or probation.

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Friday, October 26, 2012

THE PRICE OF SAYING NO

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

 One reason why accreditation may give us a false sense of security

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Friday, October 26, 2012

MICHIGAN DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FOR THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

 Michigan drivers may receive a new kind of scare this Halloween weekend.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS APPLAUDS EAST LANSING DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SENTENCE IN HIGH PROFILE DUI CASE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

MICHIGAN DUID ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS WORKS ON DRUG RECOGNITION EVALUATION KNOWLEDGE AT ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS/NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE CONFERENCE

Categories: Drug Crimes

 "Law enforcement is looking to replace lost funds from the enforcement of alcohol-related drunk driving cases. . ."

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

IS YOUR RIGHT TO INFORMATION ONLY YOUR RIGHT IF YOU CAN PAY FOR IT?

 House Bill 5879 would prohibit government units from charging more than 10 cents a page for requested documents or charging to view the documents personally.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

LIVINGSTON COUNTY DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS AGAIN CHALLENGES INSURANCE COMPANIES: “PROVE TO ME WHAT MAKES YOU A VICTIM”

 "The insurance company may fight the legal definition of ‘victim’ but they are required to show special facts that make them a victim as opposed to an ordinary person who suffered an out of pocket loss,” 

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS TAKES ON THE “SCIENCE” BEHIND SOBRIETY TESTS IN OWI-OUIL-OUID CASES

Categories: Drunk-Driving

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

NORTHERN MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS SHOWS WHY HE IS COMMITTED TO RESULTS FOR A CLIENT WITH A COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE (CDL) WHO BEAT A DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE

Categories: OWI

 The police stopped this man, claiming that he was weaving through downtown Ludington last summer.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

VIOLATORS OF MICHIGAN'S SUPER DRUNK STATUTE FACE SEVERE DRIVER'S LICENSE SANCTIONS

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Violations of the Super Drunk law will require interlock devices.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

EAST LANSING 50/50 ORDINANCE

Categories: OWI

The possibility of increased alcohol sales at East Lansing bars carries the possibility of increasted traffic stops nad Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) investigations in East Lansing.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS CONCERNED FOR FALSE POSITIIVES IN PBT RESULTS

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Watch a short video of Mike Nichols in Eaton County sharing a concern about false positives for individuals on probation

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Monday, October 8, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUGGED DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS ASKS: WHO IS MORE DANGEROUS BEHIND THE WHEEL? A PERSON ON THEIR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS OR AN ELDERLY PERSON, WHOSE REFLEXES ARE UNFORTUNATELY TOO DETERIORATED TO DRIVE SAFELY?

Categories: Drug Crimes

 In fact, National Public Radio featured coverage of elderly drivers on October 8, asking "when is it time to give up the keys?" Nichols says: "it made me think of all the signs of a driver who is not safe and the fact that the best thing for you to do if you are on prescription medication, from medical marijuana to ambien, is to simply decline to answer the officer's questions about your medications."

 

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-EAST LANSING MINOR IN POSSESSION CHARGE DISMISSED - STRATEGY AND LITIGATION PAY OFF FOR MSU STUDENT

Michigan criminal defense Mike Nichols of East Lansing says that a minor in possession charge does not have to stay with you forever no matter how bad the facts of the case may be.

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Mike Nichols is a national leader in drunk driving defense. He is a member of the Forensic Committee and Michigan delegate to the National College for DUI Defense. He is also a Sustaining Member of the College. Nichols is also a founding member of the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys; a member of the American Chemical Society; an associate member of he American Academy of Forensic Science, Adjunct Professor of Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law and OWI Law and Practice at Cooley Law School. He is also author of the West OWI Practice book and several chapters in other books on science and the law.

Mike Nichols is recognized by his peers in Michigan as a “SuperLawyer” in DUI/Criminal Defense. Nichols has also been asked to speak at conferences by groups such as the NCDD; Various Bar Associations in other states.