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Friday, April 21, 2017
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
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Monday, May 2, 2016
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
The trend to make marijuana legal continued in Michigan this November.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Does testing positive for marijuana while on probation mean a violation?
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Categories: Drug Crimes, Minor in Possession, Medical Marijuana
Many people still view that both 4/20 and 4:20 are "code words" when in reality law enforcement officers and others are aware of the date and time significance.
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Categories: Drug Crimes
An Illinois man is free on an unsecured bond after criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols secured his release in a detention hearing in federal court.
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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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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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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
"Law enforcement is looking to replace lost funds from the enforcement of alcohol-related drunk driving cases. . ."
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
In fact, National Public Radio featured coverage of elderly drivers on October 8, asking "when is it time to give up the keys?" Nichols says: "it made me think of all the signs of a driver who is not safe and the fact that the best thing for you to do if you are on prescription medication, from medical marijuana to ambien, is to simply decline to answer the officer's questions about your medications."
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that when a medical marijuana patient is charged with multiple crimes, the rules of criminal procedure still apply.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
Although there are a few search warrant exceptions which
courts have allowed (automobile exception, exigent circumstances,
consent, plain view) being a college student is not one of them.
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
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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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
If this bill passes both houses and becomes law, those who use or sell imitation controlled substances would need to stay informed regarding any possible changes to the schedule of controlled substances via director determination
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
A bill was recently introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives that would reclassify marihuana as a schedule 2 controlled substance if it is used by qualifying individuals as provided in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes, Medical Marijuana
Medibles are interesting from a legal perspective because they only contain a small percentage of marijuana in comparison to the medibles weight.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes, Medical Marijuana
The Court of Appeals has issued an opinion that means that a sick person who is certified to use marijuana to treat nausea, chronic pain or other symptoms, still cannot drive regardless of how long ago the person used marijuana or whether the person is impaired by marijuana, so long as THC is detectable in their bloodstream.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes, Medical Marijuana
“I read the language in the medical marijuana act that only prohibits driving while under the influence OF marijuana as creating an exception; in other words so long as the person is not under the influence of their medicine they can drive.”
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
Karen Phillips secured the dismissal of 7 of 8 misdemeanor charges, including possession of marijuana. . .
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
Michigan OWI attorney Mike Nichols ready to challenge junk science
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Categories: Drug Crimes
The state attorney general has struck again in his efforts to quash the use of medical marijuana in Michigan.The state attorney general has struck again in his efforts to quash the use of medical marijuana in Michigan.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Categories: Drug Crimes
Ever stay in a hotel room and the next day when you are supposed to check-out, you sneak a little longer stay that is beyond the check-out time?
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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, 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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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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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, 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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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Categories: Drug Crimes
A Nichols Law Firm client no longer faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison thanks to Mike Nichols.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Categories: Drug Crimes
When law enforcement officials execute a search warrant pursuant to an investigation of the illegal possession, delivery, or manufacture of controlled substances, this is often times followed with a seizure of property.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Categories: Drug Crimes, Medical Marijuana
One of the more controversial statutes enacted in the recent past is Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act (the statute spells “marijuana” with an “h” as opposed to a “j”). The statute provides clear guidance on who is protected: “A qualifying patient who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty”, so long as that qualifying patient does not possess more than 2.5 ounces and 12 plants (MCL 333.26424(a)).
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Categories: Drug Crimes
Read Mark Eddy's review and analysis on the federal and state policy on medical marijuana.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Categories: Drug Crimes
In 2008, Michigan joined the other States who have enacted statutes allowing the use of marihuana for qualifying patients under strict guidelines. While Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act permits qualifying patients to possess up to 2.5 ounces, or their primary care givers to grow up to 12 plants, (MCL 333.26421 to 333.26430), those patients are not protected from Federal prosecution. This creates a conflict of laws that has yet to be decided in the 6th Circuit.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Categories: Drug Crimes
Just because you have a prior conviction involving marijuana or other controlled substances, you are not prohibited from obtaining a medical marijuana certificate.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Categories: Drug Crimes
Mr. Bell represented a pair of teens in Northern Michigan charged with 6 offenses between them for operating under the influence of drugs, possession offenses and several motor vehicle code violations including speeding at 84 in a 55 mph zone. All but 2 of the charges were ultimately dismissed. The driver received a sentence of fines and costs without any probation, while the passenger received a deferral with an expungment when probation is completed in 6 months.
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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, June 22, 2009
Categories: Drug Crimes
Attorney Brendon Basiga was able to force a dismissal in a major drug case, based on the People’s inability to produce the necessary witnesses at a preliminary hearing.
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