| July 28, 2010 |
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Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
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| From the Associated Press: By JIM ABRAMS (AP) – 50 minutes ago WASHINGTON — Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to ... |
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| June 24, 2010 |
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Permanant Driver's License Revocation no longer Permanant.
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| The Legislature, with the blessing of MADD, has passed a bill allowing those whose licences have been permanatly revoked after being convicted of 4 or more DUIs to apply for a hardship/work permit. Ask me about details and restrictions. |
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| June 18, 2010 |
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From California DUI Lawyer Lawrence Taylor
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| 400 Wrongly Convicted in Washington: Faulty Breathalyzers Posted by Lawrence Taylor on June 10th, 2010 I’ve posted well over 100 times during the past six years on this blog about the multitude of reasons why breath alcohol machines are both ... |
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| June 18, 2010 |
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Do officers have quotas for DUI arrests?
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| Alabama Troopers at Birmingham Post Instructed to Cite More for DUI Birmingham, AL. June 13 — The number of tickets for DUI written by state police from the Birmingham post doubled in March after a memo from the acting post commander threatened to ... |
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| June 12, 2010 |
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New Law Update: Those with 4 or more DUI convictions and a permanant revocation can get a hardship license.
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| As of October 1st of this year, a person with four or more DUI's and a permanant driver's license revocation IS eligible for a hardship permit after a ten-year waiting period from the date of the last conviction. MADD is on-board with this new law. ... |
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| April 07, 2010 |
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My Trial Tips for Lawyers
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| Trial Tips For Lawyers by Lloyd H. Golburgh, Esq. Organization of Evidence and Voir Dire When asked to write this column, the first thing that came to mind was my last trial a couple of weeks ago in West Palm. Three things in particular helped make ... |
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| February 03, 2010 |
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Florida Highway Patrol trooper accused in fake-ticket scheme A veteran trooper stands accused of writing hundreds of fake ticket
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| BY ROBERT SAMUELS rsamuels@MiamiHerald.com The trooper's victims were befuddled when they learned they had pending traffic tickets. Most weren't even on the road during the time of their supposed infractions, they told prosecutors. One said his wife ... |
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| December 07, 2009 |
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Famous Miranda rights warning could get rewrite
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| By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 40 mins ago WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday seemed headed toward telling police they must explicitly advise criminal suspects that their lawyer ... |
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| November 10, 2009 |
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UA pilot charged with being over alcohol limit
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 25 mins ago LONDON – A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff has been charged with having ... |
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| November 10, 2009 |
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Top DUI cop arrested for DUI, Refuses to Submit to Breath Test
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| Ohio trooper of year charged with drunken driving The Associated Press A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997 for the number of drunken-driving arrests he made has been charged with drunken ... |
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| October 22, 2009 |
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Former Okeechobee sheriff's sergeant accused of raping inmate
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| OKEECHOBEE - A former sergeant with the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office has been charged with forcing a female inmate to have sex with him, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Tommie Joe Brock, 51, of Okeechobee has been ... |
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| October 22, 2009 |
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Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy
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| DULUTH, Minn. – A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair ... |
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| October 13, 2009 |
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My initial ten days has passed, I filed my application for a formal review, and i don't have my permit.
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| I have been arrested for DUI had my license for 10 days and have filed for formal review with the DMV and received a 30 day extension. Well that time has passed I am on my first day with no license pulling my hair out. I guess that the pressing ... |
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| October 05, 2009 |
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February trial set in Gillispie DUI case
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — A judge has set a February trial date in the drunken-driving case against former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie. Gillispie's attorney was in Anderson County District Court on Monday to request a delay because Gillispie ... |
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| October 05, 2009 |
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A's Mortensen charged with DUI
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| Posted By Lloyd Golburgh |
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| A's rookie starter Clayton Mortensen expressed contrition Sunday afternoon after being arrested early Sunday morning in Los Gatos for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. "First off, I want to apologize to the A's and my family," said ... |
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