There are states that offer a program for those charged with DUI for the first time and have no prior criminal record. These programs allow for defendants to participate in a driver education program and probation in return for a continued sentence that results in no criminal record upon completion of the program.It is not an easy process. Just because you are a first-time offender does not mean that you...

Beginning in 2019, authorities in Texas began investigating two separate drug trafficking organizations. Over the course of two years, agents from Texas, the DEA and ICE gathered evidence and infiltrated the organizations. The 35 individuals indicted were arrested for having 90 kilograms of methamphetamines, large amounts of cash, and a wide assortment of firearms.The defendants, in this case, all face between five and forty years in prison for conspiracy to possess...

In New Jersey, a defendant argued, upon being charged with a third DUI, that their second DUI conviction should be vacated on the grounds that they were not advised as to the harshness of fines and penalties for those convicted of a third DUI offense.The court determined that failure to provide defendants with notice of future DWI violation penalties, as required by the law, does not prevent a court from...

A recent case in New Jersey brings to light a common misconception among the public. Many people think that if you are simply sitting in your car, and it is parked, that you are not "operating" a motor vehicle and therefore cannot be charged with DUI. This is not the case. A major factor is being on a public road. Another major factor is probable cause.The background of the...

If your conception that a doctor is always an upstanding member of society that can do wrong, please reconsider. There are many cases of doctors prescribing narcotics and other "street" pharmaceutical drugs to those who do not need them. They then pay this "patient" for filling a prescription and giving it back to the doctor to sell on the street.If you run a Google search for "doctor convicted murder"...