Don Ramsell: These clever burden-shifting devices, where the defendant is ‘presumed guilty’ and where the judge must give someone jail ‘except in extraordinary circumstances’ are simply clever back doors that legislators, prosecutors, and some judges have used to...
Month: May 2012
Northwest Suburban Bar Association
Traffic Law CLE Wednesday, May 16, 2012 (5:45 PM – 9:00 PM) Growing & Changing With Our Community For Over 50 Years! Traffic Law CLE: U 5:45 – 9:00 PM MCLE Credits: 3 Secretary of State Hearings, Larry A. Davis, Davis & LaScola Ltd. DUI Panel Discussion...
Tori Vance Arrested — Miss Arizona Teen USA Busted for DUI | TMZ.com
Cops DO arrest hot chicks — in fact, the hottest teenager in Arizona in 2010 (at least according to the Miss Teen USA competition) was arrested just last weekend in L.A. … on suspicion of DUI. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, 18-year-old ex-Miss Arizona Teen USA Tori...
Michigan crime labs struggle to meet standards | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Lansing— Michigan’s seven State Police crime labs could lose their accreditation this summer, potentially casting doubt on forensic evidence used statewide in prosecutions ranging from drunken driving to homicides. The State Police Forensic Science Division’s...
Court upholds stop of vehicle with flashers on.
— N.E.2d —-, 2012 IL App (2d) 110262, 2012 WL 1664217 (Ill.App. 2 Dist.) Judges and Attorneys NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE PERMANENT LAW REPORTS. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL. Appellate Court of Illinois,...
Ex-Miss USA Rima Fakih gets probation in DUI case – TwinCities.com
She denied drinking, but two breath tests showed 0.20 and 0.19. Ex-Miss USA Rima Fakih gets probation in DUI case – TwinCities.com
Another testicle ticket written in South Carolina
Apparently the police in South Carolina don’t like those hanging testicles that some people hang from their rear hitch. The police believe they can arrest people who do this for making an ‘obscene gesture’. That’s pretty ballsy if you ask me. Another testicle ticket...
D.C. to Pay $20K in Faulty Breathalyzer Cases – The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
Yes folks, this happens frequently. The only difference between D.C. and Illinois is that, in Illinois, there would have been a better attempt to cover it up. When an inspector in Illinois was caught falsifying calibration tests, and admitted doing it for 7 years,...
Late opposition stalls proposed victims rights amendment
Late opposition stalls proposed victims rights amendment. Although I am sure that their hearts were in the right place, the people who actually wrote this bill certainly didn’t use their heads.
Baffled by DUI ruling – Opinion – bnd.com
Baffled by DUI ruling – Opinion – bnd.com. Here is the newspaper’s opinion verbatim: The Belleville police’s handling of Fairview Heights Police Sgt. James Krummrich’s DUI is, in a word, a mess. It seems like the work of the Keystone cops. Krummrich was ticketed for...