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No one is really prepared for a DUI, so when it happens, it is natural for a person to want to know what to expect. Of course, the most pressing questions fall into the “what is going to happen to me?” and “am I going to jail?” category, but another rather common...

This article will cover what happens after a blood sample is taken following a Michigan DUI arrest, particularly in the Metro-Detroit area (meaning Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties). Instead of a long, overly-legal analysis of the scientific protocols required of such tests and the results they produce in a drunk driving case,...

As a Michigan DUI lawyer, I frequently find myself answering questions about what will happen to a person’s driver’s license as a result of a drunk driving case. In this article, I want to shift the focus from what will eventually happen to your license, down the road, to the what that paper license...

In this ongoing article about the mandatory alcohol assessment (detailed in part 4) and pre-sentence investigation (PSI) in a Michigan DUI case, we have covered, so far, 2 of what I call “the big 3” components of the PSI process. Ultimately, the purpose of that process is to generate a written report and recommendation...

In the part 1 of this article, we began our examination of the PSI process and the role of the mandatory written alcohol assessment in DUI cases. While the first installment was mostly a kind of overview, here, in this second part, we’ll zone in on the first of the 3...

There is one, specific step in the DUI process that affects the outcome of each and every case far more than any other. In fact, this step is really the most important one, in terms of what actually happens to you, and its direct relationship to actual results in a drinking and...

In my previous, 2-part DUI article, we looked at what happens at the arraignment in a drunk driving case. In this article, we’ll examine the next step in the Michigan DUI (and criminal case) process, called a pre-trial. It is important to note that a DUI case is a criminal case,...

Soon after a DUI arrest, upon a person’s release, a lot of things happen. As a Michigan DUI lawyer, I am familiar with the emotional and the “what’s next?” stress that follows someone’s release from jail. It’s not like you leave the police station or jail and can go to the parking lot,...