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Entries for December 2012
Monday, December 31, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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