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Entries for August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

WIN YOUR LICENSE BACK IN A MICHIGAN-OWI-OUIL-DUI CASE EVEN WHEN THE OFFICER CLAIMS YOU REFUSED A CHEMICAL TEST UNDER THE SO-CALLED IMPLIED CONSENT LAW

The officer has the burden of proof at a so-called 'implied consent hearing

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Monday, August 29, 2011

LANSING-DUI-OUIL-OWI-EXPERT MIKE NICHOLS CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE MICHIGAN-STATE-POLICE-OVER-IMPROPER REPORTING OF BLOOD ALCOHOL ANALYSIS

A judge in Ludington heard testimony from a physicist last week, who explained that the Michigan State Police have yet to properly analyze and report the uncertainty in the measurement of a person's blood alcohol content

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

DUI-OWI-OUIL-ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS SAYS THAT THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF A SUPREME COURT CASE IS ALREADY HITTING HOME FOR MICHIGAN-OWI-DUI-OUIL CASES

The Michigan Supreme Court has proposed a new rule for courts that will make it easier for prosecutors to admit evidence despite constitutional safeguards.

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Friday, August 12, 2011

DISCOVERING YOUR DEFENSE FROM A MICHIGAN-OWI-DUI-OUIL IN THE STATE'S OWN EVIDENCE OF RETROGRADE EXTRAPOLATION

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The prosecution in a Michigan DUI-OWI-OUIL case often reach so far to prove the case against you that the proseucutor will use evidence that is "forensically unreliable."  

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Friday, August 12, 2011

CLIENT'S MINOR IN POSSESSION DISMISSED

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols

Attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols obtained a dismissal of her client’s Minor in Possession (MIP) charge.

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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.