Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in Police Work, Search & Seizure | 4 Comments »
Listen to the torture here. Caution, it's pretty graphic. Read the transcript here. Read about the officers from the local news station here. Three and half hours north ... Read more..Friday, April 28th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Judge Emerson must have starting to feel the heat for signing those warrants. He has Ordered the Sheriff not to execute them until Roy Barnes has time to file ... Read more..Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
I guess I was wrong. See story here from AJC.com. Read more..Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in podcasts, Case Law Updates | No Comments »
Click here to listen to the podcast. I previously wrote a post about this case. You can see it here. Read more..Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in DUI discussion | 1 Comment »
Before you go any further, you need to read the NHTSA validation studies which I previously posted about here. You also need to read the Cole and Nowaczyk study from Clemson ... Read more..Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in DUI discussion | 1 Comment »
Brush your teeth, fix your tie, gargle your listerine, grab your briefcase and keys.  Jump in the car, but it won't start.  Waiting....you blow again, the car still won't start, the listerine is ... Read more..Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in IAC, Case Law Updates | No Comments »
Click here for the text of the opinion. In a unanimous decision authored by Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein, the Supreme Court has reversed a Wilcox County Superior Court judge in ... Read more..Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in DUI discussion, Uncategorized | No Comments »
As promised in the seminar the other day. The excerpt from this case lists many causes of HGN. It was State v. Witte out of Kansas.  State v. Witte. 251 Kan. 313, 836 ... Read more..Thursday, April 20th, 2006 Posted in DUI discussion | 2 Comments »
The following three articles are the foundation for the standardized field sobriety testing currently used by almost every police department in the country. Psychophysical tests for DWI arrests 1977. Development of field ... Read more..Thursday, April 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Today I was the speaker at a CLE in the Cobb County State Court. If you were a participant at this seminar and have come here looking for links to ... Read more..Wednesday, April 19th, 2006 Posted in Police Work | 1 Comment »
Study Fuels a Growing Debate Over Police Lineups Sally Ryan for The New York Times Sheri Mecklenburg, who led a study on police lineups, says traditional lineups are more effective than showing ... Read more..Monday, April 17th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
For all of you practicing federal lawyers out there, last week the U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow citation to unpublished opinions in Federal Court. Of course, we didn't hear ... Read more..Monday, April 17th, 2006 Posted in Humor, DUI discussion | No Comments »
Fake but hilarious. Would you convict? Read more..Saturday, April 15th, 2006 Posted in Humor | No Comments »
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See story here via WSBTV.com. And here via ajc.com. 31 year old Michael Hunt was arrested on murder charges last week. As he was being taken away by officers, he could be ... Read more..Monday, April 10th, 2006 Posted in Humor | 1 Comment »
This is a Joe Jamail depo in the Pennzoil-Texaco case that ultimately got an $11 billion dollar verdict.  For background you can read all about the case and Joe here. The video ... Read more..Monday, April 10th, 2006 Posted in DUI discussion | No Comments »
HB 1275 was passed with a last minute amendment that allows a police officer to forcibly draw blood from a DUI suspect that has refused to take the state administered breath, blood or ... Read more..Thursday, April 6th, 2006 Posted in IAC | 1 Comment »
State v. Patel, (S06A0299) was decided by the Georgia Supreme Court on January 30, 2006. Patel was a doctor that was charged with sexual battery. His counsel advised him that ... Read more..Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The Stop Snitchin movement? Apparently, I have been living in a cave. Or maybe it just hasn't made its way to Georgia yet. I was surprised when I came across a ... Read more..Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
What in the world is going on with our elected officials right now? First Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (story here) (and here) and now Fulton County DA Paul Howard (story here). Neither ... Read more..