Your Attorney Must Understand how Blood Alcohol Testing Works Blood alcohol testing is not that complex. A skilled DWI defense lawyer can always fight a blood sample lab test. Not all criminal defense attorneys know how to fight one, including some less experienced DWI attorneys. Your DWI lawyer must understand how the labs develop a
That sweet time finally has come after a dreary winter: Spring Break. Countless thousands of partying college students will flood beaches from South Padre Island to Port Aransas to Galveston. Try your best to stay safe while you have a good time. While you’re at it, try not to regret it the rest of your
One question is asked of me in a social setting more than any other when people learn I am a DWI defense lawyer: “Should I blow or not?” I realize they are usually just curious, but I refuse to answer. I hate the question. The question has serious flaws, so giving an actual answer would
We frequently receive calls from people who tell us the police want to talk to them. They want to know whether it’s ever a good idea, even if on the surface it seems like all they want to do is ask a few innocent questions. No. Don’t do it. STOP. Re-read the last two lines.
Spring Break is almost upon us. South Texas beaches will be partying with hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Alcohol is every bit as much a part of Spring Break as South Padre Island and Port Aransas. (Yeah, I know, I know, so is weed.). Cameron County and Nueces County file hundreds of
Perhaps dumb is too harsh. You don’t have to be dumb to do dumb things. Avoiding unnecessary harm is often easily avoidable. Try not to do the dumb things for your own sake (and your dependents’). Most people don’t think about being suspected of committing a crime. Most of my DWI clients certainly didn’t think
We criminal defense lawyers hear from many people from all walks of life. Many of the things we hear are the same. Most people are unfamiliar with the process or find it incredulous the legal system has significant flaws. Here are a few of the things we commonly hear. 1) “I’m not a bad person.”
Brooks County, Texas, is a sleepy rural county with more than its share of poverty. You’d never suspect it was a hotbed of activity, but it is. Federal law enforcement there boasts the nation’s busiest Border Patrol checkpoint. It leads the nation in apprehension of undocumented migrants. It seizes illegal drugs at a record pace. National
You have a right to a grand jury. Yes, you really do. Really. It’s right there in The Fifth Amendment of our country’s Constitution. It’s important. It matters. Seriously, it does. Grand juries are fundamental to freedom. They stretch back at least 800 years and appear in the Magna Carta, one of the most important
