Received a big box at work today and didn’t have the faintest idea what it could be. Since it was addressed to me, I opened it up, and tada… two bottles of wine.
It was a thoughtful gift from Houston DWI
Austin DWI Lawyer
Texas DWI Laws and Defense of DWI Charges
The Austin DWI Lawyer blog, published by Jaime Spencer, focuses on legal issues related to driving while intoxicated (DWI) cases in Texas. It covers topics such as jury selection strategies specific to DWI trials, administrative law hearings including license revocations, challenges with witness testimony especially police officers, and technical issues involving SCRAM alcohol monitoring devices. The blog also discusses practical defense considerations, courtroom procedures, and critiques of legal marketing practices targeting DWI defendants and attorneys. It provides insights into the nuances of DWI defense, including evidentiary standards and procedural tactics.
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Letting Your Web Designer Write Your “DWI Content”…
…is a bad idea.
I won’t link to it, but I just ran across an attorney’s web page that I hope was not written by him. (N.B. It was not an Austin lawyer.)
The website first acknowledges that in today’s…
Can You Say Challenge for Cause?
My friend and Lubbock DWI lawyer Steve Hamilton on a recent Q&A in a DWI voir dire:
So in this trial I asked the potential jurors about a hypothetical. What would you do if you only had one option, either…
More on What’s Good or Bad in a Potential Juror
Following my post on the criminal defense lawyer’s dream juror comes an Austin American Statesman article “Internet aids trial lawyers doing background checks on clients, jurors”. What caught my eye of note towards DWI defense was this bit:
Sometimes…
Austin, Texas and the DWI / No Refusal Weekend
Several folks – prosecutors and defense lawyers – that I see on a regular basis in the Travis County Courthouse have asked me why I didn’t blog about the No Refusal Weekend that started on Halloween. (Short version: Austin Police Chief…
Continuing Legal Education: DWI for Civil Lawyers
A few months back local Austin appeals lawyer Todd Smith asked me to speak, albeit briefly, at the Austin Bar Association’s monthly meeting. My assigned topic was a natural one: DWI. Lawyers who attended would be given credit toward their yearly CLE…
How Long Have You Been a Certified Peace Officer?
There are certain boring yet inevitable questions that often begin an examination of a police officer in a DWI (by a prosecutor) or an administrative license revocation ALR case (by a defense attorney):
- State your name for the record please…
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Do I Need To Sign a Form If I Refuse a Breathalizer?
[Question via email.] Since I don’t even know the jurisdiction this question comes from it’s pretty broad but let’s answer it from the Texas DWI perspective. In most Texas DWI cases the officer will read the subject a form…
Can a DWI Really Ever be Murder?
Scott Henson at Simple Justice writes about the word Murder losing its meaning. Of a man recently convicted of second degree murder in New York for an Intoxication Manslaughter offense, Scott wrote:
It’s not to say that McPherson was an…
Blawg Review #175
Labor Day. A day off for working citizens. The end of summer and the beginning of fall. Still the start of the football season and in decades past the last day before school. Barbeque. Fireworks. The whole nine yards.
After my last Blawg Review the anonymous…