Imagine, you are in Pennsylvania. It is late at night. It is after 2 am which is the typical closing time for bars here in Pennsylvania. You are a police officer. You see a car that you do not recognize in front of you. It starts to weave. Then, when there is no other traffic…
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DUI or a Stroke, Some Cops Can’t Tell the Difference
Several weeks ago, I blogged on the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) protocol and specifically the Finger-to-Nose Test and the Romberg Balance Test and I half jokingly wrote the following: In that post I concluded that Like many tests used at roadside [or in the DRE protocol], the designed and intended use of a legitimate and useful…
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Pennsylvania DUI Laws: An Interview with Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer Justin J McShane by Lisa Bloom of CNN and CBS News
Pennsylvania DUI Laws: the penalties and consequences are discussed between Justin J. McShane, Esquire, who is an lawyer who specializes in using forensic science for the benefit of the citizen among us who has been accused of a crime or a DUI and Lisa Bloom, a CNN/CBS news analyst. She also asks about the science of DUI…
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Harrisburg DUI Lawyer comments on Inaccurate Blood Alcohol Content and Bad BAC Results
"It could NEVER happen." "Blood Alcohol Content results can never be wrong." "No Government lab or private lab used in Pennsylvania has ever been wrong." "Impossible." "We double and triple checks things before we report them." "These machines self check and report all errors." These are the some of the silly things that Government bench…
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Harrisburg DUI Lawyer Justin McShane Esquire Interviewed by CBS/CNN legal analyst Lisa Bloom
Justin McShane, Esquire, Harrisburg DUI Lawyer, is interviewed by CNN Legal Analyst, The Early Show commentator, and CBS News Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom. Here, Justin McShane who is a DUI Lawyer in Harrisburg, of the McShane Firm, LLC discusses with Lisa Bloom the science and the technology in DUI prosecutions as well as the potential sources…
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DUI on a Horse and Buggy: Funny (not really) but is it a legal arrest?
It seems that about once a year in the Harrisburg area someone gets arrested for a DUI while either riding a horse or while attempting to drive a horse and buggy. We had our latest one and it hit the national media. The national media was all over it, of course… Pa. police arrest Amish…
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Harrisburg DUI Lawyer Justin McShane Interviewed by CBS/CNN legal analyst Lisa Bloom
Harrisburg DUI Lawyer, Justin McShane is interviewed by CNN Legal Analyst, The Early Show commentator, and CBS News Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom. Here, Justin McShane who is a DUI Lawyer in Harrisburg, of the McShane Firm, LLC discusses with Lisa Bloom the specialization that is required to be one of today’s top DUI attorneys in the…
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Pennsylvania DUI Attorney invited to lecture to over 200 DUI Attorneys in Connecticut
My good friend and National College for DUI Defense, Inc. colleague Jay Ruane of Connecticut is hosting a DUI/OUI seminar this Friday, December 4, 2009 entitled: "Defending OUI cases in CT Training & Seminar". It will be held at the Legislative Office Building – Hearing Room 2C in Hartford, CT It is presented by the Division…
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Get a Pennsylvania DUI and lose your wife? Not far fetched. Florida Prosecutor marries DUI Defendant’s ex-wife
In the category of it always could be worse, I have found THE DUI case that if the newspaper accounts are true, really takes the cake. The story comes out of the St. Petersburg Times and was written by Curtis Krueger. The article is entitled "Prosecutor in DUI case marries the suspect’s ex" (Imagine being…
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Pennsylvania DUI Attorney talks about the DUI Statistics Game
It is that time of the year again in Harrisburg and all of Pennsylvania where we celebrate Thanksgiving by setting up roadblocks and by doing so to allow the Government to quasi-invade and violate our personal liberties and freedoms by stopping us along our lawful way. It seems that Pennsylvania DUI roadblocks are being announced…
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