This is the 3rd year that Michigan’s police agencies are using the “Intoxilyzer 9000” for evidential breath test purposes. Therefore, it is the 3rd year that attorney/author Mike Nichols assembled an expert team of lawyers and experts to train lawyers from all over Michigan on the instrument’s inner secrets and observations from its common problems. The Michigan State Police breath alcohol leadership team will even be there. Intox 9000 Flyer (1)
Here is the agenda. You can sign up if you are a Michigan criminal defense attorney by sending an email to kthomison@nicholslaw.net
AGENDA FOR INTOXILYZER-9000 SEMINAR-3rd Edition
September 11, 2025, at 9:00am
Mock Courtroom
Michigan State University College of Law
648 N Shaw Ln
East Lansing, MI 48824
8:30 – 9:00 Continental breakfast and check in
9:00 – 9:15 Introductory remarks and “What a breath test is and why it is nothing more than indirect evidence that the jury can give any weight that it believes it deserves” by Michael J. Nichols
9:15 – 10:00 “How to make the State’s witness your witness” by Gary Springstead
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 11:00 “Observation we have made with the Intoxilyzer-9000” by Andreas Stolz, Ph.D.
11:00 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 12:00 “Inxtoxilyzer-9000 its foundations, its features and flaws” by Dr. Ron Henson
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Pizza) and presentation by Gary Springstead
1:00 – 2:00 “Year 3 of the Intoxilyzer-9000 and how the breath alcohol program has changed; best practices for FOIA” by Samanatha Kellogg and Company
from the Michigan State Police
2:00 – 4:30 “Using cross examination to tell your story and case issues” By Keeley Blanchard, Esq.
4:30 – 5:00 Wind down and review for whoever wants to do so
5:15 – ? Happy hour at Sidebar
Networking and Social Hour at SIDEBAR Dine and Tap – 246 E Saginaw St East Lansing (next to Abood law Firm)
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