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Entries for November 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

MICHIGAN-DRIVER-KEEPS-HIS-LICENSE-DESPITE-CONVICTION-FOR-MICHIGAN-OWI-DUI

A circuit court judge in the upper peninsula has ordered the Michigan Secretary of State to refrain from suspending the license of a Michigan driver, even though that driver was convicted of operating while intoxicated

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

DRIVING AND MAINTAINING YOUR LANE – DO YOU NEED TO CHANGE LANES IF YOU SEE A POLICE CAR OR OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER?

     If you are travelling over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house for the holidays. You do not need to slow down highway traffic. . .

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

RESOLVING YOUR MICHIGAN OWI-DUI WITH A RECKLESS AS OPPOSED TO IMPAIRED: A PERSPECTIVE FROM AN EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN MICHIGAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN MICHIGAN-DRUNK-DRIVING-CHARGES

A lawyer has a duty to communicate EVERY plea offer made to the client according to the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Superdrunk Now In Effect!

 A person convicted with a breath/blood alcohol content of .17 grams per 210 liters of breath/100 mililiters of blood is now subject to greater penalties.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Mike Nichols Blocks Prosecutor From Introducing Evidence

A prosecutor attempted to introduce evidence in the middle of trial that had not been previously disclosed and was stopped by a northern Michigan judge from introducing it

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

New Column On Criminal Law For Attorneys

 Mike Nichols will author a column on criminal law for attorneys in Michigan.

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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.