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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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Thursday, December 8, 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 6, 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 3, 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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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.

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