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Preliminary Roadside Analysis: Free Motion to Suppress FSTs

Submitted by Maze Legal Group PC on Thu, 02/05/2015 - 22:23

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF MY FREE MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE PRELIMINARY ROADSIDE ANALYSIS

Based upon the newly added provisions of MCL 257.43a and amended sections of MCL 257.625a regarding the use of preliminary roadside analysis to investigate drunk and drugged driving cases, Michigan has become the first state in the country to mandate that a person must perform field sobriety tests, but lawmakers have unwittingly opened the door for creative motion practice to exclude field sobriety tests from drunk driving cases

Michigan Drivers Forget How to Drive in the Snow

Submitted by Maze Legal Group PC on Wed, 01/07/2015 - 15:23

Every winter with the first snow fall, it appears that about half of all Michiganders have forgotten how to drive.  This video is compliments of my friend Marc S., who is an extremely angry driver.  When I was driving 40 mph the other day down the icy freeway, I texted Marc and asked if I should put  my hazards on... mainly because this drives him insane. Marc has also clarified that, "I'm going to add the roundabout to my list. It's a yield sign not a stop sign.

NHTSA Announces That All States Should Require Ignition Interlocks Devices for First-time Drunken Drivers

Submitted by Maze Legal Group PC on Wed, 12/18/2013 - 23:46

On December 17, 2013, David Shepardson reported in the Detroit News that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has, "urged all states to require first-time drunken driving offenders to use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating their vehicles after drinking."  He continues:

Sobriety Checkpoints in Michigan

Submitted by Maze Legal Group PC on Sat, 11/23/2013 - 17:42
Michigan Sobriety Checkpoints DUI Drunk Driving
Every year around the holidays, a Michigan news story will inevitably announce that police intend to employ sobriety checkpoints to put the kibosh on holiday revelers.  Sobriety checkpoints, which have been repeatedly proven to be ineffective, are illegal in Michigan.  
 
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Westland is Cooking the Books! Police Officer Salaries Wildly Inflated to Impose Unlawful Tax Gets Judicial Approval

Submitted by Maze Legal Group PC on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 20:44

From a real case heard today before Judge Sandra Cicirelli on October 24, 2013.  She held that dispatch operators are earning $88,000.00 a year.  Westland police officers working road patrol are making $130,000.00.  The police lieutenants are supposedly earning a whopping $180,000.00!  Prosecutor Michael M. McNamara refused to present live testimony, and Judge Cicirelli held that the fees assessed against my client today were reasonable because Mr. McNamara had argued in his brief that his road patrol officers earn more than $68.00 an hour.  Really?  Read on...