The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending lowering the legal blood-alcohol content limit from the current universal U.S. standard of 0.08 percent down to 0.05 percent. The NTSB cites the relatively unchanging 10,000 annual deaths attributed to impaired...
Colorado may have been one of the first two states in the nation to approve the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, but authorities there are also cracking down on those driving under the influence of the drug. Our D.C. DUI attorneys understand that a...
Most people want to do the right thing. But sometimes, trying to right certain wrongs can end up resulting in more trouble than its worth. Our D.C. DUI defense lawyers recently read about a prime example of this in a case out of Florida. This was a situation in which...
It’s the battle of the breathalyzers. Our D.C. DUI lawyers know that these machines, which claim to reveal the extent of one’s intoxication level, have been notoriously unreliable. D.C. is intimately familiar with this problem, with the Metro Police...
A 49-year-old woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after police say she was drunk when she struck a pedestrian with her vehicle one recent Sunday afternoon. Our D.C. DUI lawyers know that a charge of involuntary manslaughter essentially means that you...
In a major victory for civil rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that in most DUI cases, police must first obtain a warrant before drawing blood without consent. Our D.C. DUI defense attorneys are pleased to report that the justices ruled in favor of a Missouri...
