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Entries for July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

MSU STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO CAMPUS WITH ONE FEWER FIRST AMENDMENT INFRINGEMENT AS THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT RULES AN MSU ORDINANCE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan Supreme Court struck down an ordinance at Michigan State University that prohibited “disruption” of “normal activity,” finding that the ordinance violates the First Amendment.

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS RECOGNIZED AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE IN 2012

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

DUI attorney Mike Nichols was recognized before an audience of attorneys from across the nation as a sustaining member of the National College for DUI Defense.

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

NICHOLS LAW FIRM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT (MMMA)

Categories: Drug Crimes

...defendant instead opted to seek protection under section 8 which is available to those who have been recommended to use marihuana by a licensed physician to treat a qualifying condition.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

LANSING DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS REACTS TO REPORTS OF FALSIFIED BREATH TESTS.

Categories: Drunk-Driving

"I find it ironic that the police chief and LPD are willing to go public about this falsified test when they attempted to cover up a falsified breath test log and it adversely affected many more people," said Michigan DUI attorney Mike Nichols.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

NO JAIL TIME FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT WHO SHOWS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS SOBRIETY

Categories: OWI

Attorney Karen Phillips entered Judge Reincke's courtroom in Eaton County, Michigan with her client for Sentencing on an OWI 1st offense prepared to prove to Judge Reincke that her client was rehabilitated.  The probation officer had recommended 10 days jail. 

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

OWI CHARGE AND SUPERDRUNK CHARGE REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Wendy Schiller-Nichols recently negotiated a deal which dismissed both an OWI charge and a superdrunk charge for a client facing two OWI charges in the same county at the same.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

MICHIGAN-DUI-DUID LAWYER MIKE NICHOLS TRAVELS TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOR THE SUMMER SESSION OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

DUI attorney Mike Nichols of Lansing, the Michigan delegate for the National College for DUI Defense, is off to Boston for the summer session of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) summer session.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

GRATIOT COUNTY DUI LAWYER TO TAKE ON THE GOVERNMENT IN A DRUNK DRIVING JURY TRIAL

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

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Monday, July 16, 2012

CALHOUN COUNTY DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE LEADS TO A DISMISSAL FOR BATTLE CREEK DUI LAWYER WENDY SCHILLER-NICHOLS

Categories: Drunk-Driving

A traffic stop in Marshall for weaving and touching the lane twice smelled funny to DUI attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols. So she obtained the video and saw it for herself: the accused's driving did not appear to support reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop for suspicion of DUI

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

MICHIGAN ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS WARNS MICHIGAN RESIDENTS ABOUT A NEW STATE SUPREME COURT DECISION

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Attorney Mike Nichols of Lansing says a new Michigan Supreme Court opinion makes it a little easier for the government to prove driving while license suspended cases.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

IF A TSA OFFICIAL SEARCHES YOUR LUGGAGE FOR PURPOSE OTHER THAN DETECTING A SECURITY THREAT THE SEARCH MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Categories: Josh Covert

The United States Ninth Circuit Court recently held that baggage searches conducted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) must be consistent with the TSA’s mission in order to be considered a reasonable search as is required by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

MICHIGAN DUI OUIL ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS GETS HIS HANDS ON THE PIPPETTE AND OTHER BLOOD TESTING EQUIPMENT USED IN BLOOD ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND MARIJUANA CASES

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

35 STATES WERE SURVEYED AND MICHIGAN HAS THE LONGEST AVERAGE PERIOD OF INCARCERATION

Categories: Drug Crimes

Last month the Pew Center on the States, a nonprofit division of the Pew Charitable Trusts, released a report which indicated that Michigan has the longest average period of incarceration among the 35 states surveyed. 

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS LEARNS HOW TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A BLOOD TEST INSTRUMENT AT GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY SCHOOL

DUI attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing is attending a course on gas chromatograpy offered by Axion labs this week in Chicago.  Nichols said:  "it is critical to get my hands on the instruments and learn what makes them tick."

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

THE NICHOLS LAW FIRM ASKS: CAN YOU PASS THE CITIZENSHIP TEST? Challenge your knowledge of American history this Independence Day!

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols

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Monday, July 2, 2012

THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE FORENSIC SCIENCE DIVISION GETS TIRED OF NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS: SO THEY CHANGE THEIR POLICY

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan State Police announced that it is changing its protocol for estimating the uncertainty of its analysis for blood alcohol.

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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.