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Recent Posts in DUI Category
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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Brad Koffel
DUI convictions and Canada If you have a DUI/OVI conviction and attempt to enter Canada you may be in for a rude awakening. Under Canadian law, a non-citizen cannot enter the country unless you have ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We are a nation of criminals. We lock up more of our own citizens than any other country in the world except China. A recent study in Pediatrics reports that 1/3 of our kids will be arrested before ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Brad Koffel
In our firm, there are 2 types of DUI clients. The "I Can't Have a DUI on My Record" and the "I Don't Want a DUI on My Record". Which are you and why do we ask this ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Brad Koffel
15,473,00. That's how many women sought out prescription sleep drugs. Just last year. That's just the women, not the men. This number doesn't include women who were prescribed anti-anxiety ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Only 6% of criminal prosecutions wind up leading to a trial. 94% of the cases are settled between the prosecution, defense, and judge. That process, plea negotiations, is where the experience, wisdom ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished reading an excellent article by Columbus, Ohio Psychologist, David Lowenstein, Ph.D., titled "Creating a Strong, Supportive Family". As a father of 4 young children, this ...
Continue reading "The Modern Family: Drugs, Alcohol & Poor Emotional Health" »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Every year we represent people who commit crimes that are naturally newsworthy. Many times I read about the case in the morning paper and get a call later that day. We try to get those clients into ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I am a proponent of a texting ban in Ohio. As a civil libertarian, I tend to be against laws that tell us how to live our daily lives; however, texting while driving is just one of those activities ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Ohio was the first state in the country to require public shaming for a non-sex offense when it passed the law for yellow DUI plates. Public humiliation was common in the "mob justice" eras ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Brad Koffel
There is much confusion among defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges as to the laws regulating the evidence in the coutroom where a defendant wishes to try a breath test to a judge or jury. In 1984, ...
Continue reading "The Law of Defending a Breath Test at Trial in Columbus, Ohio" »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Brad Koffel
HB 86 also touches (albeit briefly) on the DUI / OVI code. Ohio's jails are chockful of non-violent offenders who can be punished without sitting in a jail cell. For the first time, Ohio is ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Nobody likes lawyers until they need one. This is especially true of criminal defense lawyers. I've seen the most suburban, conservative people turn into bleeding heart liberals the moment they ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We communicate frequently with clients via email. The majority of our clients use a work email address. The American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 11-459 last month, "Duty to Protect ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Yesterday I had a client in my conference room discussing his 3rd DUI arrest in less than 5 years. Under Ohio law and the circumstances of his case, he's facing a mandatory minimum 60 day jail ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Three days ago, an Ohio appeals court tossed the conviction of David White who had been indicted in a string of home invasions with a gun. (State v. White, 9-1-2011, Fairfield App. No. 2010-CA-60). ...
Continue reading "Police GPS Tracking Devices: Creepy & un-American" »
Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By Brad Koffel
America is starting its second journey into the oligopoly of private run prisons. Nobody seems to be aware of the lessons learned from 150 years ago when cash starved states sold the rights to operate ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Let's say your son is a 19 year old sophomore in college. They are on their way back to their dorm with a few friends, all of whom have been drinking and all of whom are under 21. Campus police ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished a case where my client was coming back from a festival in Michigan with two of her friends. My client was a backseat passenger and her friends were in the front of the vehicle. The ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
How do we solve the problem of overcrowding in our state prisons? House Bill 86 is designed to do just that. Also called the "Smart on Crime" bill and/or "Get out of Prison Sooner" ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
This morning the United States Supreme Court released a decision that levels the playing field for defendant's being prosecuted with lab evidence. The case, Bullcoming v. New Mexico , was issued ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel We recently learned that OSU has a new self-disclosure of criminal convictions for employees. Here is the memo: From he Ohio State University Office of Human Resources information: ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
In an exhaustive 44 page decision released yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court tightened the screws on K9 cops and their 4 legged partners. The big issue revolves around the general reliability of a ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Will Nesbitt
So you have been arrested, charged, ticketed, or indicted for a criminal offense. How long does the government have to pursue the criminal charge? Generally, the government has six years for a felony, ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2011 By Columbus Criminal Defense Attorney
Early Thursday, a 19-year-old teenager died hours after officers responded to reports of an apparent drug overdose at a home in Blane, Minnesota, a Minneapolis suburb. According to authorities, 10 ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2011 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel Today I read the written testimony of S.B. 10's sponsor, Senator Seitz, from February 15, 2011 before the Senate Judiciary Criminal Justice Committee. S.B. 10 contains numerous ...
Continue reading "Major Changes to Ohio Criminal Sentencing in 2011?" »
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