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Entries for December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

Michigan DUI-OWI-OUIL Attorney Says The Chemical Test Can Be Your Friend If You Get The Holiday Surprise Of A Drunk Driving Charge

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

 The Michigan State Police is making changes to how it collects and analyzes breath and blood. It's making things easier for citizens accused of drunk driving. 

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Michigan Court Of Appeals Says Drug Dog Sniffing On Your Porch Is Not A Search

Categories: Drug Crimes

 The Michigan Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion involving drug dogs and the fourth amendment.  

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Medical Marijuana Patients: Michigan State Police Lab Claims to Measure Nothing

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Michigan Medical Marijuana Attorney Mike Nichols of Lansing is fighting for valid science in the courtroom: not forensic science which is used to advocate to convict people when they may have done nothing wrong. 

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

DETROIT NEWS COVERS MIKE NICHOLS VICTORY IN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS CASE - BLOOD TEST NOT RELIABLE SAYS COURT

Categories: Drug Crimes

The Detroit News reports on a ground breaking decision that held that the Michigan State Police lab did not establish the reliability of a blood analysis for marijuana. 

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS FEATURED IN THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL AFTER SUCCESSFULLY MOVING TO EXCLUDE FORENSIC EVIDENCE INVOLVING CHARGES OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Lansing State Journal covered the recent victory by Michigan DUI-DUID attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.

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Friday, December 21, 2012

WORRIED THAT A DRUNK DRIVING-DUI-OWI OR OUIL WILL AFFECT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR FUTURE?

Categories: Drunk-Driving

 At the end of the negotiations, the prosecutors agreed to dismiss the OWI charge if the client agreed to pay the fines and costs normally associated with an OWI or OWVI (impaired) conviction

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Monday, December 17, 2012

MICHIGAN ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS OF LANSING - A LEADER IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE - PREPARES FOR A NATIONAL PRESENTATION AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

 Lansing criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols will speak and present at the 2013 American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) annual conference in Washington D.C.. Nichols, whose practice is focused on drug and alcohol crimes, especially driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, will take part in a workshop entitled: "Science in the Courtroom, a Matter of Perspective."

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

PROBLEMS WITH THE MICHIGAN SENATE INTOXICATING SUBSTANCES BILL

Categories: Josh Covert

“The proposed statute really opens the door for law enforcement officers to broaden the net they use to catch intoxicated drivers”

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Friday, December 7, 2012

DASHBOARD JUSTICE?

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Michigan's justice system focuses on the wrong data - let's make sure all the data is turned over in every case - not just statistics on how quickly we can push cases through the system.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

ARRESTED FOR DRUNK OR DRUGGED DRIVING IN GRATIOT COUNTY? MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING LAWYER MIKE NICHOLS HAS SOME ADVICE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

 DUI attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing just fought a drunk driving case in Gratiot County. "The prosecutor sought the costs of prosecution. We preserved an argument that the costs of prosecution statute is unconstitutional," says Nichols. He added "you cannot appeal the things you do not challenge."

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

ANOTHER NOT GUILTY VERDICT FOR MICHIGAN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS

Categories: Domestic Violence

 Mike Nichols of East Lansing stood by and fought for a young Muslim-Arab-American who was facing a serious criminal charge in a small Northern Michigan community recently. The result: not guilty in 12 minutes of jury deliberations. 

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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.