There are still attorneys that do not take MIP cases seriously and provide an aggressive defense. There is also a misconception among young people that getting an MIP case in college is no big deal and will not have any affect on their future. This is simply dead...
If you have had the pleasure of being at a party that has had a visit by the police, you know that most of the time they will knock on the door and ask everyone to keep it down. This usually occurs after angry neighbors trying to get some sleep get fed up and call the...
MCL 780.621 Setting Aside Convictions Many lawyers cheered when the legislature changed the Expungment statute to allow for a person to have two convictions and still be eligible to set aside a conviction. However, many attorneys may have misinterpreted this statute...
Effective July 20, 2012, the Michigan legislature enacted a new statute that may have gone either unnoticed or under the radar of the general public. MCL 750.479c states that a person who is “informed” by a police officer that he or she is conducting a...
If you have charged with Operating While Intoxicated, Operating While Visibly Impaired, or any type of Operation of a Motor Vehicle with drugs in your system, the definition of “operating” took a strange turn in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Common sense...
Our office represents many students at Hope College, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon Community College, Grand Rapids Community College and other surrounding higher educational institutions and community colleges. If you find yourself charged with a college...
In May of 2012, an Oakland county Trial Court heard a case where a police officer pulled over and eventually arrested an individual for possession of Heroin less than 25 grams. The court suppressed ALL the evidence in the case when the police officer testified that...
In January of 2012, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in People v. Tavernier and followed the United States Supreme Courts ruling in Arizona v. Gant that a search of the passenger compartment after an arrest is reasonable, only if the arrestee is within reaching...
The United States Supreme Court, in January of 2012, ruled in United States v. Jones that the government’s physical intrusion of attaching and monitoring a GPS unit was a search and was obtained without a proper warrant. The lower court had ruled that any data...
In April of 2012, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in People v. Moreno that the common law principle that allows a person to resist an unlawful arrest still applies in Michigan. Unbelievably, the Michigan Court of Appeals had earlier ruled that you could NOT resist...
