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Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
In the flurry of action right before the end of 2014, state lawmakers failed to change Michigan's drunk driving laws.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
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<p> DUI Investigation that is Mission Impossible - Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols says "Don't Fall for it."</p>
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A Grand Rapids jury returned verdicts of not guilty acorss the board on charges of operating while intoxicated, operating while visibly impaired and possession of a switch blade.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Why You Should Just Say No to the PBT
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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The reason for the stop was failing to turn on headlights at night
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Monday, September 22, 2014
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Mike Nichols of East Lansing has convinced a judge in Macomb County to exclude a datamaster breath test result of .24 on the old "bac datamaster." Nichols' advocacy is covered by the Macomb Daily in a high-profile case.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
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House Bill 5785 has you paying the costs of your own prosecution
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The tragedy that left a Holt woman dead and left a young Ingham County man charged with “moving violation causing death” is over at least from a legal standpoint. 55th District Court Judge Thomas Boyd imposed just a fraction of the potential jail sentence and the man qualified for early release to serve 24 months probation.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
The question of the constitutionality of the process used by police to obtain your breath or blood sample in a DUI/DUID case has started to burn around the country since the United States Supreme Court held a warrant was required or an "exigent" circumstance was necessary in the spring 2013.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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Friday, August 8, 2014
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A Grand Rapids District judge has concluded hearings on measurement uncertainty and breath testing. The court ruled that there is always a variance for error associated with a measurement for breath alcohol.
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Sunday, August 3, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A brief update on our ongoing efforts at the Nichols Law Firm to educate the pubic, judges and other lawyers on the probems with breath alcohol testing
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Sunday, August 3, 2014
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A brief update on our ongoing efforts at the Nichols Law Firm to educate the pubic, judges and other lawyers on the probems with breath alcohol testing
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Ingham County man got the news that he was praying for about drunk driving charges pending against him: dismissal of the case in exchange for a plea to disorderly conduct and careless driving
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols was a guest on the "Michael Patrick Shiels" radio show on Monday July 7th discussing a case in which an 18 year old man was given a sentence that was 3 times what the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines calculated. Nichols, who is designated a SuperLawyer in DUI/Criminal Defense for 3 years running said the case "calls into question the fairness of the process in this case."
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Monday, June 30, 2014
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Limits of Detection and Limits of Quantitation in Mass Spectrometry seem like a deep and complex topic on a Saturday morning but it is important for lawyers to know it better than juries, prosecutors and lab analysts.
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Monday, June 30, 2014
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Is Also Set to Speak in the Fall at the Ingham County Bench-Bar Conference and Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys Conference
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Sunday, June 1, 2014
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Michigan attorney Mike Nichols is a leader in cutting-edge forensic evidence. Nichols spent the last 5 years of his practice dedicated to educating judges, juries and other lawyers on why a forensic analysis can only give us limited information about what happened in a case. Nichols says "uncertainty is everywhere in science and it is especially prevalent in measurements of what is in a human blood or breath sample."
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Marijuana
Shortly after midnight the United States House of Representatives voted to use the power of the purse to protect medical marijuana patients.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Monday, May 19, 2014
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Will a gizmo decide for you?
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Friday, May 16, 2014
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House Bill 5385 was passed by the judiciary committee on May 15, 2014. The bill was amended after opponents like Mike Nichols led the charge about the overreaching of the bill.
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
The difference between a reliable blood analysis for the presence of potentially impairing drugs and a blood analysis which is unreliable is proper validation; uncertainty and traceability
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Monday, April 14, 2014
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Attorney Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained the dismissal of Minor in Possession (MIP) charges against two MSU students.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
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Nationally-recognized forensic evidence leader Mike Nichols of Meridian Township spoke on mathematical truths in DUI cases in New Orleans March 21st. Nichols, whose main office is in East Lansing, was invited to speak by the National College for DUI Defense and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols achieved a dismissal on drunk driving charges in mid-Michigan and northern- Michigan and a reckless driving in the East Lansing area for clients who absolutely had to win their lives back.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Nichols Law Firm client received only fines and costs at his sentencing. Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou filed a motion to exclude the breath test as unreliable because the client belched immediately before the arresting officer administered the evidential breath test to him.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained a dismissal of an OWI 2nd charge against an Eaton County man.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A judge in Grand Rapids became the latest judge to rule that the sergeant in charge of the Michigan State Police breath alcohol program may not testify at trial about a 2011 study about the Datamaster DMT.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
How to answer the question of intoxication.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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A Judge excluded a blood alcohol analysis in an Ingham County drunk driving case after Mike Nichols challenged the reliability of the test.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols, a leader in defending those accused of crimes involving forensic evidence, accepted an invitation to speak at the Mastering Scientific Evidence Course in New Orleans in March, 2014.
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Friday, January 3, 2014
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Mike Nichols gave an interview to tv station WLNS on drunk driving laws and avoiding a conviction at his Meridian Township home.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Malpractice
A committee of lawmakers in the Michigan House gave approval of a bill to make more changes to Michigan's marijuana laws.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Minor in Possession
Over a dozen young people will be charged with various crimes after a disturbance over the weekend off Michigan State University's campus. East Lansing DUI-DUID and Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols says that the episode was apparently the result of celebrations over the Michigan State University's football team that got carried away.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
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A disgraced forensic lab analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was ordered to serve prison time on November 21st, 2013 for a practice known as "dry labbing" and other fraud.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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Mike Nichols of East Lansing is co-author of the chapter on gas chromatography mass spectrometry in the 2014 edition of “Using Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases.”
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Recently Mike Nichols fought for clients in several Michigan counties including Allegan, Osceola and Ingham (Meridian Township) over whether police properly stopped the citizen-drivers who were then arrested on suspicion of drunk driving charges.
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, a leader in dui-criminal defense will present at the 2014 American Academy of Forensic Science in Seattle Washington. Nichols, a resident of Meridian Township will take part in a workshop on science in the courtroom.
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Our criminal justice system is at the core of our democracy. We have the ability to be a beacon for the world about the responsibility of a government to prove a crime when it charges a crime.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols of East Lansing will educate lawyers from around the state on the science of blood and breath alcohol testing on October 18th.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
One of the most common reactions many people have to an arrest for drunk driving (OWI) is to accept that you are going to be convicted of a crime.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Our criminal justice system is at the core of our democracy. We have the ability to be a beacon for the world about the responsibility of a government to prove a crime when it charges a crime. Even something that so many of you say is "minor" like a drunk driving. Ask yourself - if you were making one of the most important decisions in your life - would you want to be shown all of the evidence to make a decision?
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
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An incident that witnesses say appear to be “road rage” turned fatal on a highway between Lansing and Grand Rapids and 2 people were killed right in front of loved ones.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013
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Mike Nichols named Super Lawyer
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Senator Rick Jones (R) Grand Ledge says that scientific studies indicate that Michigan Motorists are already speeding in these areas making slower law abiding citizens the hazard on highways.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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Top Lawyer Scientists from Around the Country Headline Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys' 1st Annual 1 Day Bootcamp in Detroit
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The return of MSU students means the return of a major source of revenue for East Lansing and MSU police: arrests for drunk driving, minor in possession, drug possession and all sorts of crimes involving drugs and/or alcohol.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Downtown East Lansing features 2 new exciting bars: and 2 new sources of revenue for the City of East Lansing via DUI enforcement by the East Lansing Police Department.
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
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An Appeal by Attorney General Bill Schuette to the Supreme Court of the United States of a federal court decision that declared the Michigan statute criminalizing begging is not likely to succeed.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Nichols Law Firm client avoided a one-year license suspension after the arresting officer failed to file the necessary paperwork. Michigan’s Implied Consent law provides that a driver
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Monday, August 12, 2013
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Many Americans are serving prison sentences for drug offenses. US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on August 11, 2013 a move to thin the number of inmates serving lengthy sentences for non-violent drug crimes.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
. . . try to match a bodily alcohol content at the time of driving. AW Jones said recently "you shouldn't do it"
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols Represents Michigan as the Michigan Delegate to the National College for DUI Defense
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The best drunk driving defense attorneys in the nation converge on Boston in late July every year and Mike Nichols and Wendy Schiller Nichols of East Lansing are among them in 2013.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
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A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move. Meridian Township DUI attorney Mike Nichols believes it was the right decision
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Monday, July 15, 2013
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The court held that it was not an error by the trial judge (referred to as the trial court) to allow statements by a police officer to the accused citizen during an interrogation.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Leading criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols joined other leaders in Michigan Criminal Defense on the faculty at the annual "All Summer Long" seminar presented by the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Lansing Beer Week starts June 21st, 2013.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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A Van Buren County District Judge dismissed a drunk driving charge in a written opinion that may start paving the way for other judges to hold police officers accountable.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols is helping hundreds of thousands of Michigan radio listeners understand the evolving laws about operating under the influence of drugs.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The Michigan State Police launched a new campaign on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend: cracking down on those who are not wearing a seatbelt.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Medical Marijuana
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
South Haven case dismissed
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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A young man has his future back thanks to the Nichols Law Firm
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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Did you know that 90 new troopers graduated from recruit school on March 30th in Lansing and they are given expensive and important training that most judges are not requiring them to use?
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Friday, March 15, 2013
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Thanks Dr. Hlastala for a dispassionate, scientific overview of the human body and how its variations can affect the accuracy of a breath alcohol test.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
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Mike Nichols presents on the opening day for the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 2013 Workshop on “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective”
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Friday, February 22, 2013
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Is the Michigan DMT sound science?
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Friday, February 15, 2013
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Nichols will present the perspective of defense attorney in the workshop entitled “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective.”
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Why even ask for consent for the blood draw if you can just take it?
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Monday, January 28, 2013
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The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on January 9 on a case in which the government lawyers are actually finally doing what we always knew they wanted: they are asking for a "DUI exception" to the constitution.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
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Assumptions in drunk driving cases can lead to mistrials
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
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Michigan OWI-OUIL-OUID lawyer Mike Nichols of Lansing praised the dissenting judge for an opinion disagreeing with the majority
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
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Mike Nichols of East Lansing successfully suppressed a blood test by the Michigan State Police lab that claimed to detect accurately and reliably the presence of marijuana in a client’s blood sample.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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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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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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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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Sunday, December 23, 2012
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The Lansing State Journal covered the recent victory by Michigan DUI-DUID attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
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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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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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The State of Michigan warns that their patrols increase over what is considered the biggest bar night of the year.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Marijuana users in Michigan are still fighting for fair treatment 4 years after the legalization of medical marijuana.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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Friday, November 9, 2012
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"It was a pleasure and privilege to work with members of the prosecutor's office on continuing legal education - especially the programs that we focused on helping young lawyers,"
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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If We are Leaders in Society as Members of the Justice System - What Message Are We Sending By Compensating Insurance Companies When They Do What They are Supposed to Do?
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Friday, November 2, 2012
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Monday, October 29, 2012
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Friday, October 26, 2012
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One reason why accreditation may give us a false sense of security
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Click here to watch the news coverage:
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2012/10/state_rep_bob_genetski_i_learn.html#incart_river_default
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Watch a short video of Mike Nichols in Eaton County sharing a concern about false positives for individuals on probation
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
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Drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols lead a tour of other attorneys of the Michigan State Police Lansing Lab on September 28.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
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Friday, September 14, 2012
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East Lansing drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols was interviewed for the MLive.com report, interviewed on the radio about the report and is the DUI attorney who is leading the way in challenging the ability of the government to prosecute you for a crime that you can never expunge: drunk driving.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
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Many lawyers believe that the offer made by the prosecutor will only get better if you beg and present character references and good report cards.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
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Friday, August 31, 2012
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An Ingham County Judge assigned as a 1 person grand jury to investigate political crimes in West Michigan faces charges of bias from a Republican State Senator - and Mike Nichols of East Lansing has come to her defense.
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
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Michigan drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing reacted to the resignation of state crime lab chief John Collins: “I wish him well,” says Nichols.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
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Ever wonder what mathematics have to do with drunk driving? Sometimes it can mean everything.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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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
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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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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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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
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Monday, July 2, 2012
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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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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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The Supreme Court issued an opinion last week that prompted many people to jump on the result and proclaim key constitutional rights dead.
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
"it's just as critical whether your a state representative of an average accused citizen" when it comes to making the lab demonstrate a reliable test.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Campaign for transparency in state labs continues.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Michigan crime labs struggle to meet standards
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
It is unknown whether the Michigan legislature will authorize the use of handheld fingerprint devices in DUI investigations as it has authorized the use of PBTs.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
New law allows amnesty from prosecution for underage drinkers seeking medical attention
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Juvenile life sentences have been the subject of much debate over the last several years.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A visitor, alien or illegal alien may drive on your out of state or international driver license in Michigan,
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
"one way to respond is 'I am not going to be answering questions about my personal health. That is private.'"
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A first of its kind training is coming to Detroit. The motor city will host a drug recognition training course for lawyers April 12-14. "Police officers are already being trained at an increasingly fast pace in this investigation technique,"
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
...why practicing criminal defense is a unique area in which lawyers should not dabble,"
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
East Lansing DUI attorney Mike Nichols will call on the forensic services division of the Michigan State Police to open its lab to the public
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Watch the news conference here:
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, who is known as a skilled OWI-DUI-OUIL attorney in Michigan, will speak at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences on February 23, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
All officers are not like the officers involved in the case in Seattle of the “missing video,” but this is surely not an isolated incident.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Michigan Court of Appeals sent a recent message to drivers stopped and investigated for drunk driving: tell the officer about your diabetic condition if you suffer from this illness.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system. The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system. The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system. The Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court has received an infusion of financial help to meet the needs of the community's veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Drivers are now completely prohibited from using hand-held mobile telephones if they are operating a commercial motor vehicle.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Coffee lovers beware: the legislature is coming after your right to party. The Michigan Senate is considering Senate Bill 353.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
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
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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Thursday, December 8, 2011
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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Monday, October 24, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
OWI-OUIL-DUI expert Mike Nichols of Lansing has been named Michigan delegate to the National College for DUI Defense for the 2012-2015 term.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
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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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Expert DUI-OWI-OUIL Attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing completed the summer session for the National College of DUI Defense July 28-30 in Cambridge Massachusets.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
"When someone's life is at stake and we're defending the constitution one life at a time I have no problem taking as much time as we need for justice," said Mike Nichols, attorney, Nichols Law Firm.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols quoted on new super drunk law for both Livingston County and Ingham County local newspapers.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Lansing attorney Mike Nichols completed the Mastering Scientific Evidence Course sponsored by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the National College of DUI Defense.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Attorneys have the opportunity to learn the theory and operation of the new datamaster dmt device in Lansing on June 3rd.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether to create a new court-rule for plea taking. The question is, will the Court ultimately put the responsibility on the judge or on the lawyers to make sure that the accused has been advised of the potential immigration consequences of a plea of guilty or no contest to a criminal charge?
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Michigan criminal-law-OWI-OUIL-DUI-expert-Mike-Nichols addressed the Lansing radio audience on the Constitution and a pending case before the United-States-Supreme-Court.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
An Ingham-County-Judge-refused-to-dismiss-criminal-charges against the owner of a medical-marijuana club in the Lansing-area, leaving the case pending in the new year.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
I often wonder when it was that many judges decided citizens accused of a crime had to prove something during a trial. After all, the judge tells the jury not once but twice during the instructions that the defendant does not have to do anything to be entitled to a verdict of not guilty. The prosecution opines “it’s the defendant’s job to keep evidence out.” However, it seems like every time I submit a case and call witnesses, the prosecution often plays exactly that role.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
It is now illegal to possess synthetic marijuana and other chemicals – even though they are not “drugs” per se.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Read the Powerpoint presentation Mike Nichols gave.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
In some cases, the only evidence that can convict an accused of violating Michigan’s-drunk –driving-law is a chemical test. However, anyone arrested in suburban Lansing, including Lansing Township, Williamston, parts of Okemos or the Mason area based on a breath sample –the breath may have been sampled by a failing breath test instrument.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Are SCRAM tethers perfect? “NO” says Michigan-OWI-OUIL-DUI expert attorney Mike Nichols, commenting for Michigan State University news coverage in the wake of increased alcohol-arrests.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Domestic Violence, Drug Crimes
Michigan-OWI-OUIL-DUI expert Mike Nichols weighs in for the Lansing State Journal
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A Lansing man walked out of court on Monday, September 20, 2010 with a check for the balance of his bond.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
A recent article in the Lansing State Journal details a current Nichols Law case that may affect the admissibility of blood-alcohol tests in court. Read the article.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
A recent article in the Lansing State Journal describes how a current Nichols Law case could help clarify the medical marijuana law. Read the article.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols will educate other lawyers on Michigan’s so-called “superdrunk” law in October. Mr. Nichols will address the Ingham County Bar Association’s Criminal Law Section in October, 2010 on the changes to Michigan’s OWI law.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols makes headlines in Muskegon and Lansing. Mr. Nichols is featured in a profile that runs in the latest edition of the Muskegon legal news. Muskegon is just a few miles away from Ludington, where Mr. Nichols is litigating the admissibility of blood alcohol measurements by the Michigan State Police.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols is currently involved in a case that may affect admissibility of blood-alchohol tests. Read the article at lsj.com.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols is featured in an article in the Flint/Genessee Legal News section of LegalNews.com. Read the article.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
The Nichols Law Firm is involved in a case that might clarify Michigan's medical marijuana law.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A conviction may be set aside (also called “expunged) under MCL 780.621 et seq. so long as it is not a prohibited offense. The statute of course, does not establish the right to set aside a conviction but enables a defendant to Petition the Court to Set Aside a conviction once five years passes from the date of sentencing or the last day of incarceration.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Watch Mike Nichols give his thoughts on personal sobriety tests.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The flavor of the month for dealing with suspected drunk drivers in extreme cases like felonies, accidents involving injury or death, even some 1st time defendants with an extremely high BrAC or BAC seems to be ordering the defendant to undergo a substance abuse assessment.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Judges are constrained in most Michigan-criminal-cases when it comes to setting bond. The Michigan constitution, statute and court rule on bond requires that the judge set bond either with no money up front, a sufficient amount to assure your appearance or a combination of money up front and conditions that are the least restrictive on your freedom but also assure the safety of any member of the community.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Read the article from The Detroit News.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Lansing State Journal launched an editorial in opposition of the Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney and in support of a client of the Nichols Law Firm.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
The Nichols Law Firm negotiated a non-DUI result for a client who was accused-but-not-guilty in a Michigan DUI case. “It was a matter of lining up an expert to discuss the variations of the datamaster and why there was no evidence of impaired driving” said Mike Nichols.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
>Mike Nichols helped lead a presentation on evidence to lawyers and judges at the Ingham County Bench-Bar conference.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Michigan lawyers will learn the top three things that every lawyer must know about setting aside convictions by reading the upcoming issue of the State Bar of Michigan Criminal Law Section newsletter.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
An East Lansing District Judge dismissed a count of accessory after the fact in the MSU Fireworks case
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
A judge dismissed an OWI charge in the middle of Mike Nichols' cross examination of the arresting officer. "The officer admitted that the datamaster gave him an ambient fail. I then made him read the portion of the operator's manual for the datamaster that said that ambient fail is a display message that means that there may be contaminated air in the room. A short time later the judge excused the jury for lunch and advised the prosecutor that he felt he needed to dismiss the case because the officer should have followed up and, as he admitted, the officer didn't even know what to do." To find out more about whether your breath result may be contaminated, click here for http://www.datamasterlimits.com.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
Mike Nichols is certified in Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) after he attended a 24-hour course and passed a proficiency exam. “It was fascinating to administer the SFSTs on our intoxicated subjects” said Nichols. He added: “I have a much better understanding for how difficult the tests are for both the subject being tested and the officer administering the test. Hence, if the officer is not careful, cautious and patient the test can easily end up as an invalid indicator of intoxication; and that is no better than flipping a coin when deciding whether to arrest someone.”
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A Michigan State University freshman takes the stand, admitting she tossed an explosive at an East Lansing home. Read Ann Emerich's story from wlns.com:
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols was called as an expert witness by the defense in an Eaton County DUI-case on November 19, 2009. The issue in the case was the defense available to a defendant who pled guilty in a marginal case and didn’t realize it would cost him his driver’s license for a year because of his prior conviction. You can find out how to put Mike Nichols’ expertise to work for you in your DUI-case by contacting us at 517.432.900: 877-9DUI-LAW or www.michiganduidefender.com
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
How can you get your OWI charge dismissed? Contact The Nichols Law Firm. On November 10th, a prosecutor dismissed all charges in a Battle Creek-OWI/DUI-case. "The client will not even have to plead responsible to a careless driving," said OWI-attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing. The client was in an accident, in which he was not at fault. The responding officer smelled what appeared to him to be an odor consistent with alcohol. The client submitted to a blood test that resulted in a result of .08 grams of ethanol per 100 milliliters of blood. "However, the prosecutor did not realize that the officer had the citizen drive his truck 4 miles down the road from the accident scene to a park and ride where he administered field sobriety tests," said Nichols. "We videotaped the route from the accident scene to the investigation scene so the jury could see how far and feel how long that distance was ... because the officer never memorialized in his report that he saw any problems with this person's driving at that point in time. Further, he DIRECTED this person to drive. Would you do that as an officer sworn to protect the public if you thought that someone was too impaired to drive?" Nichols added.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
MSU students facing up to 20 years prison time for explosives. Read more on the charges at: www.freep.com/article/20091104/NEWS06/91104077/4-MSU-students-charged-in-blast
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols will be featured in the Ingham County Legal News for an upcoming edition regarding the release of the Michigan OWI Manual for Thomson West Publishing. The interview will be conducted at the offices of the Nichols Law Firm by Ingham County Legal News editor Roberta Gubbins.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Mike Nichols will testify as an expert witness on Monday, September 19th, 2009. The issue is whether a lawyer rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in an OWI case. Mr. Nichols will testify as an expert in the datamaster and OWI investigation from the attorney's perspective.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Nichols Law Firm client received no jail at his sentencing despite the fact that he had two prior convictions for DUI. “The key was the presentation during plea bargaining and a lot of work in a short time to understand what the client’s record was and what the other side knew. I disclosed everything in plea negotiations including our legal arguments about the stop,” said attorney Mike Nichols. The client was also allowed to plead to the reduced charge of operating while visibly impaired. “That saves him $1000.00 in driver responsibility fees alone,” Nichols added.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Mike Nichols accepted the invitation from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) to attend the National DUI conference in Las Vegas October 8-10. “I was awestruck to find copies of the Michigan OWI handbook for sale at the West booth where all the vendors were set up” said Nichols. “I was also awestruck by the presentations by Dr. Paul Homoly, a leadership coach who talked about speaking. I am almost finished with his book and it will help improve my trial preparation and presentation greatly. I hope to bring him to Michigan” Nichols added. Nichols also was the winning bidder in the silent auction for a rare photo of Babe Ruth and Shoeless Joe Jackson. “This will truly be a treasured item to add to my office art and I am pleased to contribute to the causes promoted by the NACDL,” he said.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Lansing Judge ruled that the prosecutor may not use the result of a breath test in an OWI 3rd charge against a client of the Nichols Law Firm. “In this case, we demanded the right to inspect the datamaster and the room in which the datamaster is stored. The police and prosecutor resisted. When the officer failed to appear for a hearing on our motion, the judge finally threw up his hands and kept the evidence out of the preliminary examination,” said attorney Mike Nichols. The end result was an Order from the judge that the felony charge would go to trial strictly on the theory of Operating Under the Influence of Liquor. “The OUIL charge requires proof that the defendant’s ability to drive was ‘substantially diminished’ because of drinking alcohol. It is more difficult to prove than so called OUIL per se based on an unlawful blood or breath alcohol content.” Nichols added. “If you’re charged with a felony, make sure that you demand the right to inspect closely the chemical test procedures, instruments and all facets of the analysis of your breath or blood” said Nichols. Nichols just completed the “Michigan OWI Handbook,” for Thomson Reuters Publishing. Thomson Reuters (formerly West) is now taking orders for the book, a leading guide for attorneys who practice OWI defense in Michigan.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols was named a sustaining member of the legal writing organization “Scribes.” Scribes is the American Society of Legal Writers. Mr. Nichols became a member in 2008. He is author of the Michigan OWI Handbook by Thomson Reuters Publishing.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Superdrunk legislation leads the way amongst new statutes that affect criminal law practictioners.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A judge gave a Nichols Law Firm client with prior DUI convictions a second chance and allowed him to earn the ability to stay out of jail by seeing through substance-abuse-treatment, despite the aggressive request for jail time from the probation department.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The United States Government has dismissed a bank robbery charge against a Nichols Law Firm client.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Michigan’s lawmakers are at it again: so-called “superdrunk” legislation will take effect in October, 2010. “It’s another onerous crackdown on Michigan-DUI cases” said attorney Mike Nichols. A link to an article published by Mr. Nichols in the BRIEFS for the Ingham County Bar Association is attached.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The prosecuting attorney dismissed a DUI/OWI charge against a Nichols Law Firm client on September 3rd in a Michigan DUI case. "We prepared hard; I knew what I wanted to do with the arresting officer during voir dire and cross examination and it all came together" said attorney Mike Nichols. The prosecutor offered to allow the client to accept a civil infraction at a break, following a ruling by the court to take Mike Nichols' objection to the datamaster results under advisement. "The officer was very honest to his credit," Nichols added. "He just could not give sufficient foundation for the datamaster result," he said.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Mike Nichols has received a perfect 10.0 out of 10.0 from AVVO.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A charge of "exhibition driving" was dismissed against a Nichols Law Firm client in a Michigan-DUI case on August 19th. "We filed a motion to argue that the misdemeanor charge filed by the city was unconstitutional," said Mike Nichols. "The so-called Exhibition Driving violation was the basis for the officer to stop the citizen who we represent and it was without merit," Mr. Nichols added. The client was charged with violating Michigan's-DUI-law after he was stopped. Mike Nichols added "we'll see how this affects the DUI case if at all. However, at least one misdemeanor is now gone and it is not coming back. If you are stopped and ticketed or arrested for exhibition driving in a municipality in Michigan, I urge you not to plead guilty but talk to a lawyer. Municipalities are not authorized to pass such an ordinance under the Home Rule Cities Act (MCL 117.3) and I find that many of these ordinances are unconstitutional because they are so vague," Nichols said.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
An Ingham County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the prosecutor erred by not trying to submit the breath test results at the preliminary-exam.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, Drug Crimes
Charges of OWI were dismissed against a Nichols Law Firm client, who was allowed to plead guilty to Reckless driving instead. The client was charged with OWI and possession of marijuana after his vehicle was stopped early one morning shortly before the Christmas holiday. "We were able to convince the prosecutor to dismiss the drug possession charge after groundbreaking Supreme Court decisions this spring" said Mike Nichols. "We then attacked the OWI charge and attack we did," Nichols added. The client was offered the plea agreement after motions were filed to suppress the evidence and the prosecuting attorney risked losing the case on the eve of trial.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols accepted an invitation to join the State Bar of Michigan Foundation as a fellow. An attorney in Michigan can become a fellow of the foundation by invitation only. "I am very honored and humbled to become a fellow," said Nichols. "The hard work that I put into writing, speaking and helping other lawyers is its own reward but I am grateful for recognition from my fellow lawyers."
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