How Long Does a Michigan DUI Investigation Take?
A Michigan DUI investigation usually takes as long as the blood test does. When the evidentiary test is a breath test, the number is known that night. When blood is drawn, the case waits on the Michigan State Police Toxicology Unit, and here in Metro Detroit that is usually about a month,...
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DUI Expungement/Set-Aside in Michigan
Years after a first drunk driving case ends, the conviction is usually the part still doing damage. It surfaces in a background check for a promotion, a rental application, or a license renewal, long after the fines are paid and probation is over. Michigan now allows a first conviction for operating while...
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Why Michigan License Restoration Cases Are Denied Even When Sobriety Is Genuine
You did the hard part. You got sober, you stayed sober, you filed, and the order came back denied. You were not called a liar.
Michigan puts the entire burden of proof on you, and a case can be completely true and still lose on the record you built. In...
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Will a DUI Show Up on a Background Check in Michigan?
Here’s the dreaded lawyer answer: it depends. In many cases, yes, it will show up. Michigan treats operating while intoxicated as a criminal offense committed with a vehicle, so a conviction can reach both your Michigan State Police criminal history record and your Secretary of State driving record.
Those are separate...
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How Does Having a Minor Witness Change a Michigan Indecent Exposure Charge?
"Who saw this happen?" It's one of the first questions my team and I ask on almost every indecent exposure call we get. Not because we're trying to make the situation feel worse — it's because the answer to that one question does more to shape the case than almost anything else....
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What Is the Legal Alcohol Limit for Boating in Michigan?
In Michigan, the limit for operating a motorboat is a blood alcohol content of 0.08 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, the same number that applies on the road. That number is easy to find, and it is also the least useful part of the law, because the statute gives...
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What Happens If a Set-Aside Petition Gets Denied?
A denial of a petition to expunge a DUI conviction is not the end of the road. If a Michigan court denies your application to set aside (expunge) a conviction, you generally cannot file again on that same conviction for three years, but the judge has the power to allow an earlier...
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Denied License Restoration Appeal? What to Do Next
Many of the people who call us about a denied license restoration appeal weren't our clients the first time around. Some represented themselves — filing the petition, gathering their own documentation, and sitting through a hearing before the Secretary of State's Office of Hearings and Administrative Oversight (OHAO) or an administrative review — and...
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Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Appeal DENIED – What it Means to Lose
If you have lost a license restoration appeal in Michigan, you are not alone — and you are probably wondering what happens next. In our roles as Michigan driver's license restoration lawyers, we handle over 200 license-related cases each year. Many of the people who ultimately become our clients do so after...
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Will Indecent Exposure Show Up on a Background Check in Michigan?
Yes. In most cases, a Michigan indecent exposure conviction will appear on a public background check, because a conviction becomes part of your criminal record. What shows up, though, depends heavily on how your case ends. A dismissal, a diversion, or a plea that keeps the charge off your record looks very...
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How a DUI Affects Your Car Insurance (And How Long It Lasts)
If you are facing a drunk driving charge in Michigan, here is the straight answer about car insurance. A conviction for a DUI, which Michigan law calls an OWI (operating while intoxicated), almost always raises your car insurance, often for years, and the conviction is recorded on your state driving record permanently....
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Michigan DUI While on Probation: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done
If you are arrested for a DUI while on probation in Michigan, you are suddenly fighting on two fronts: the new criminal charge and a probation violation in your earlier case. That pairing is what makes this situation so serious, because it can mean jail, a longer sentence, and the loss of...
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