Confidently Handle Drunk and Drugged Driving Cases

Handle your clients’ drunk and drugged driving criminal cases and driver's license proceedings with ICLE's premier Michigan-specific practice handbook. Covers all aspects of practice, from the initial client interview through discovery, trial, sentencing, and appeals. With this book, you will be able to:

• Successfully represent clients charged with a "super drunk driving" offense
• Restore your client’s driver’s license after a drunk or drugged driving conviction
• Know when and how to challenge breath and blood tests
• Take advantage of police reports, video recordings, and dispatch logs
• Conduct voir dire of jurors effectively, using sample questions and proven techniques
• Learn the judge’s perspective on impaired driving cases and the possible benefits of sobriety courts for your clients

Highlights of the latest update include:

• Updated administrative rules governing the Datamaster DMT and the newly adopted Intoxilyzer 9000 evidential breath tests
• New sections discussing the technical and procedural differences between the Datamaster DMT and the Intoxilyzer 9000
• Updated forms and exhibit including an Intoxilyzer 9000 ticket printout
• Analysis of court of appeals decisions pertaining to the admissibility of expert testimony, suppression of breath test results, being under the influence of marijuana, and more
• Additional practice advice including discovery, admissibility of breath test logs, and appeals