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Entries for December 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011
MICHIGAN POLICE AGENCIES SHOULD MAKE A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION: TREAT DRIVERS FAIRLY WHEN INVESTIGATING THEM FOR OUIL-DUI-OWI-OWID BECAUSE MANY ARE STILL NOT FOLLOWING STATEWIDE STANDARDS FOR GIVING AND INTERPRETING ROADSIDE SOBRIETY TESTS
Categories: Drunk-Driving

Police agencies throughout Michigan are still not following statewide standards for giving drivers suspected of OUIL-OWI-OWID roadside sobriety tests and its causing many people to go to court or face false charges of violating Michigan's drunk driving laws.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011
WHETHER YOU ARE TOASTING THE HOLIDAYS OR MAKING YOUR RELATIVES EASIER TO LOVE – DO NOT LET A POLICE OFFICER STUFF YOUR STOCKING WITH AN OWI-DUI-OUIL CHARGE IN MICHIGAN
Categories: Drunk-Driving

   “Beer is good” says it all.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011
GOVERNOR SNYDER APPROVES A LAW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN MICHIGAN – OWI EXPERT MIKE NICHOLS EXPRESSES CONCERN
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation to give Michigan residents a lump of coal at Christmas.

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Monday, December 19, 2011
CIRCUIT JUDGE TO RULE ON WHETHER A STOP FOR DUI IN EAST LANSING WAS PROPER
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

A circuit court judge has granted a stay of trial in an East Lansing drunk driving case in order to hear arguments about whether a police officer violated the constitution by stopping a Michigan State University student stopped for failing to yield

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Sunday, December 18, 2011
WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT SETTLED FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT IN FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Categories: Wrongful Death

Wendy Schiller-Nichols recently settled a Wrongful Death suit for a fatal automobile accident involving 3 vehicles. Wendy’s client was 1 of 3 plaintiffs involved in the Wrongful Death suit, which were the driver & 2 backseat passengers.

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Sunday, December 18, 2011
TRIAL TO BEGIN FOR A CASE WHERE AN OWI CLIENT'S BLOOD DRAW DID NOT FOLLOW REGULATION
Categories: Karen L. Phillips

 In this case, Ms. Phillips has been working on a motion to get the client’s blood results suppressed.  As the blood draw, which occurred at a local hospital,  was not performed with the typical Michigan State Police Tri-Tech kit, and the test results were never sent  to Michigan State Police for analysis. . .

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Thursday, December 08, 2011
4 PRIOR DUI-OWI-OUIL CONVICTIONS AND STILL NO JAIL TERM AND NO LIFETIME FELONY
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

After a circuit court judge in Ingham County suppressed the results of the blood draw for a violation of the implied consent act, the man was charged with his 5th OWI when he experienced a relapse and drove.

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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
OWI-OUIL-DUI CHARGE WITH A .13 BREATH ALCOHOL ESTIMATE IN MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING CASE: CASE DISMISSED THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF EAST LANSING ATTORNEY WENDY SCHILLER-NICHOLS
Categories: Drunk-Driving

A citizen accused of drunk driving in East Lansing has his life back thanks to  Wendy Schiller-Nichols. Ms. Schiller-Nichols got all charges dismissed and obtained a Careless Driving for her client, who now has a new lease on life.

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Saturday, December 03, 2011
THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE HIDING INFORMATION THAT COULD FREE CITIZENS ACCUSED OF DRUNK DRIVING IN LANSING

The constitution of the United States allows every accused citizen to have access to all evidence in a case.

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