25 to 35 Seconds on Romberg Means Not Mentally Impaired
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Get a rundown of what the Romberg test is hear a discussion on the modified Romberg test and how you can use it to prove that your client was not impaired.
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Defining Scientific Reliability as 99%
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Can you put a percentage on what is scientifically reliable? We discuss why this is important according to standards in DUI law and include a reliable article to support this argument.
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Fuel Cells in Plain English
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
What is a fuel cell and how do you explain it? Hear a discussion on fuel cells and how to turn this discussion into plain language for a jury to understand.
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Can Dental Work Cause False High Readings?
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Can dental work cause false high blood alcohol readings? Create a defense associated with a client's dental health, which include bridges, cavities, etc.
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Cut the Breath Results in Half
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Hear about breath partition ratios and other breath variances that are going to cause a false high reading on BAC.
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Blood Hematocrit Affect Breath BAC
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Listen to a discussion about hematocrit which is the number of red blood cells you have at a given time. Learn how this can help you form a defense for your client.
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Breath Temperature Overestimates True BAC
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Learn about the effects of breath temperature on a breath machine causing an error. Hear about why breath temperature is so crucial when using a breath machine and determining BAC.
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Machine Breathing Pattern Errors
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Listen to a discussion about machine pattern errors and what they are, including hypo- & hyper ventilation and more.
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Overview of 9 Breath Machine Errors
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Learn about the 9 points of error on a breath machine and how you can attack those errors.
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A Male Burns Off Two-thirds of a Drink in an Hour
DUI Trial Lawyers Academy
Examine what the NHTSA manual states about the dissipation of alcohol from the human body and how to create a cross examination fact pattern that will help you prove the BAC numbers may be incorrect.
info_outlineLearn about the Walk and Turn cheat sheet and what can effect a driver's performance on a sobriety test. Develop a cross examination to challenge the officer and defend your client.
A podcast for new and seasoned DUI trial lawyers by an experienced DUI trial lawyer. Learn successful strategies to use in a cross examination of the arresting officer.
Season one will focus on cross examination related to the standardized field sobriety test. Use the officer's motives, quotas, required statistics, lack of training, and violation of his own rules and procedures to best defend your client.
Season two will take a deep dive into blood testing problems. We will discuss blood collection issues, blood storage problems, and ultimately the labyrinth of blood testing facilities. The second season will take the complex area of blood alcohol results and break it down to simple ideas and themes that the jury can understand. One of my simple ideas was a theme called "problem with one pink powder."
Course members have access to all 14 N.H.T.S.A. DWI detection and field sobriety testing manuals going back to 1980, along with our cross examination PDFs.