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Entries for November 2009

Saturday, November 28, 2009
Nichols Law Firm client the only co-defendant to not take a plea agreement
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Story from Lansing State Journal by Kevin Grasha:
EAST LANSING - It was a prank hatched Nov. 1 in a Michigan State University dorm room by two freshmen
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Student In Court For Illegal Bombs
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

A Michigan State University freshman takes the stand, admitting she tossed an explosive at an East Lansing home. Read Ann Emerich's story from wlns.com:

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Friday, November 20, 2009
DUI Expert Mike Nichols Testifies As An Expert In a Michigan DUI Case
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

Mike Nichols was called as an expert witness by the defense in an Eaton County DUI-case on November 19, 2009. The issue in the case was the defense available to a defendant who pled guilty in a marginal case and didn’t realize it would cost him his driver’s license for a year because of his prior conviction. You can find out how to put Mike Nichols’ expertise to work for you in your DUI-case by contacting us at 517.432.900: 877-9DUI-LAW or www.michiganduidefender.com 

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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Prior Convictions Will Not Disqualify Someone Under Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Statute
Categories: Drug Crimes

Just because you have a prior conviction involving marijuana or other controlled substances, you are not prohibited from obtaining a medical marijuana certificate.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
OWI Charge Dismissed on the Eve of Trial
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
How can you get your OWI charge dismissed? Contact The Nichols Law Firm. On November 10th, a prosecutor dismissed all charges in a Battle Creek-OWI/DUI-case. "The client will not even have to plead responsible to a careless driving," said OWI-attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.  The client was in an accident, in which he was not at fault. The responding officer smelled what appeared to him to be an odor consistent with alcohol. The client submitted to a blood test that resulted in a result of .08 grams of ethanol per 100 milliliters of blood. "However, the prosecutor did not realize that the officer had the citizen drive his truck 4 miles down the road from the accident scene to a park and ride where he administered field sobriety tests," said Nichols. "We videotaped the route from the accident scene to the investigation scene so the jury could see how far and feel how long that distance was ... because the officer never memorialized in his report that he saw any problems with this person's driving at that point in time. Further, he DIRECTED this person to drive. Would you do that as an officer sworn to protect the public if you thought that someone was too impaired to drive?" Nichols added.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Criminal Charges Dismissed For NLF Client Charged With Drunk Driving

CITY-OF-LANSING PROSECUTORS AGREED TO DISMISS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST AN ELDERLY NICHOLS-LAW-FIRM CLIENT RATHER THAN CONDUCT A HEARING CHALLENGING THE ADMISSIBILITY-OF-THE-BREATH-TEST RESULTS. ATTORNEY BRENDON BASIGA FILED A MOTION TO SUPPRESS THE RESULTS OF A SO-CALLED “MOBILE-BREATH-TEST” AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREED TO DISMISS THE OWI IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLEA TO A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR CARELESS DRIVING.  MR. BASIGA SAID THAT “SUPPRESSING THE .12 BREATH ALCOHOL ANALYSIS WAS CRITICAL AND LIKELY IN MY OPINION BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCURACY OF THE TEST. I WANTED TO CHALLENGE THE PROCEDURE AND THE RELIABILITY BASED ON WHAT THE CLIENT SHARED WITH ME. FURTHER, THE CLIENT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUBMIT TO A TEST BASED ON MEDICATIONS THAT SHE WAS TAKING THAT INHIBITED THE LIVER’S ABILITY TO ABSORB ALCOHOL.” AN EXPERT WITNESS, DR. KARL EBNER, PhD., WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING THIS RESULT.

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Friday, November 06, 2009
Mike Nichols Retained To Represent MSU Student on Explosive Charges
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

MSU students facing up to 20 years prison time for explosives.  Read more on the charges at: www.freep.com/article/20091104/NEWS06/91104077/4-MSU-students-charged-in-blast

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