Michigan Information on Substance Abuse and Driving
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- Michigan DUI Felony- Every individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If you have been recently arrested and are reading this, you are not guilty. Get help now!
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The Michigan criminal defense attorneys at Kronzek & Cronkright defend people charged with both felony and misdemeanor crimes, including homicide, DUI, sex crimes, drug charges, theft, assault, white collar crimes, motor vehicle charges, firearm charges, computer crimes, juvenile charges, and probation violations.
- DUI Michigan: The Law Office of Joseph F. Awad is a full service law firm, based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, specializing in defending both residents and non-residents from DUI charges.
- Adrian
- McFarland, David: Child Custody and Support Criminal Law Divorce Driving While Intoxicated Estate Planning Family Law General Practice Personal Injury Probate Real Property
- Allendale
- Knoester, David: * Probate administration and estate planning * Family law/divorce * Bankruptcy * Business law * Real estate * Personal injury/litigation * Social Security Disability * DWI, MIP, License restoration, Driver's License appeal hearings
- Allen Park
- Coutts, Robert: Criminal Defense Drunk Driving
- Almont
- Great Lake Legal Services: Under Michigan law, the terms DUI and OWI generally refer to the same thing, a criminal drunk driving charge. Michigan DUI law separates impaired driving charges into several categories with varying degrees of seriousness and penalties. The right attorney can make the difference between jail and no jail, or between a short and a long sentence. After a Michigan DUI arrest, you are probably scared about going to jail and having a criminal record. You are concerned about losing your driver's license, about having to have an ignition interlock device, and about the employment, insurance and financial implications your arrest may have. If you are like most people who have faced this situation, you may be a little overwhelmed by the complexity of Michigan DUI Law. You have every right to be concerned and afraid because you are facing an allegation that could cause you discomfort and hardship now, and affect the rest of your life. *OWI Charges $500 to $5,000 fine and either: One to five years imprisonment. Probation with 30 days to one year in jail. 60 to 180 days community service. Driver license denial/revocation for a minimum five years. License plate confiscation. Vehicle immobilization one to three years unless vehicle is forfeited. Possible vehicle forfeiture. Registration denial. Six points on driver record. $1000 Driver Responsibility Fee for two consecutive years.
- Ann Arbor
- Battle Creek
- Bay City
- Czuprynski, Edward: ypes of Drunk Driving Driving under the influence (DUI) Your ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired due the use of alcohol. Driving while intoxicated (DWI) Your ability to operate a motor vehicle is visibly impaired due the use of alcohol and the your blood-alcohol content is at or above the .08% legal limit. Operating under the influence (OUI) Your ability to operate a motor vehicle is visibly impaired due the use of alcohol or other drugs. Open Intoxicants in a Motor Vehicle Procession of open alcoholic containers while driving. DWLS (Driving While License Suspended) Penalties for Drunk Driving Require courts to decide drunken driving cases within 77 days after an arrest. Require a mandatory six-month driver license suspension even for a first conviction. A driver may be eligible for a restricted license after serving 30 days of the suspension. Require five days to one year of consecutive jail time and/or 30 to 90 days of community service for a second conviction of drunk driving. Include a felony for a conviction for drunk driving that causes death. Include a felony for a conviction for drunk driving that causes a serious injury to another. Require fines for a conviction of driving while a driver license is suspended or revoked of up to $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for an additional offense. Do not allow hardship appeals for habitual alcohol offenders. Require a reinstatement fee of $125 if your driver license was suspended, revoked, or restricted. Require a Driver Responsibility Fee of $1,000 for two consecutive years for driving while intoxicated and a $500 fee for two consecutive years for driving while impaired.
- Gower Reddick: If you have been charged with any type of driving violation - from the least serious to the most serious - you need expert representation. An experienced attorney can help defend, inform and guide you through the difficult and complex process of pretrial rights and procedures, such as the Michigan Datamaster test, the trial itself and the process for license restoration. We help our clients successfully negotiate the criminal justice system and provide outstanding representation in all facets of the law. The fact that criminal issues are supposed to be resolved quickly can sometimes work against you. If you delay in choosing your counsel, deadlines may come and go and decisions may be made for you as a result of your inattention.
- Berrian Springs
- Hughes Law Office: Drunk Driving / DUI Drug Crimes Violent Crimes Weapon Charges Demestic Violence Sex Crimes Theft / Robbery Juvenile Crimes Probation Violations
- Big Rapids
- Bingham Farms
- Cadillac
- Woods, Claude: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy We'll stop the following actions by your creditors: Collection Calls Garnishments and Lawsuits Foreclosures and Repossessions We'll Eliminate Credit Card Bills & Utility Bills Eliminate Judgements & Medical Bills Criminal Defense Drunk Driving Former Assistant Prosecutor
- Mitchell Law Office: The state of Michigan views driving as a privilege. If you have been arrested for DWI/DUI/OWI and refused to take a breath, blood, or urine test, you may lose your driver's license for a significant period of time. In addition, you only have 14 days to request an administrative hearing to reinstate your driving privileges once they have been revoked. Your ability to drive is imperative to your normal routine. You need to be able to drive to work, the store, and your children's school.
- Canton
- Xuereb Snow: Criminal and Traffic No matter how careful you might be, you can never prepare for the sudden impact of a drunk driving arrest, a traffic violation, or any other criminal charges brought against you. In an instant your life can change. You might find yourself behind bars, your car has been towed, and you are facing criminal prosecution. A conviction in any of these cases can be even more damaging. You could be facing jail time, heavy fines, suspension of your driver’s license, and lost opportunities for future employment. Imagine the impact that not being able to drive anymore would have on your family and your life. Now more than ever is the time to choose wisely when considering legal defense.
- Cedar Springs
- Patrick Strong: If you or someone you love has been charged with drunk driving (OWI / DUI / DWI), a qualified attorney can make the difference between jail time and freedom. A drunk driving conviction can have a devastating impact, including jail time, high fines, probation, loss of drivers license, high insurance rates, among other things.
- Center Line
- Bieber & Czechowski: Michigan has tough laws against drunk driving. If you have been charged with a DUI, protect your rights by retaining an experienced DUI defense attorney.
- Salvatore Palombo: A judgment is a declaration by a trial court that shows whether a defendant has been convicted or acquitted of a criminal offense. The judgment must be in writing and must be signed by the trial court. The judgment is only evidence of the defendant's conviction. It is not the defendant's conviction. The defendant is convicted when the trial court pronounces the defendant's sentence. An appeal of the defendant's conviction cannot be filed until the judgment has been entered on the record.
- Central Lake
- Hickman, Ross: All Felonies Drug Related Offenses Misdemeanors Drunk Driving Criminal Sexual Misconduct Juvenile Cases
- Chesterfield
- Crosby & Associates: Criminal Law: Drinking & Driving Traffic Offenses OWI / OUIL / UBAL *
- Clarkston
- Welch, Kim: Criminal Legal Defense - Serious Felonies - Financial Crimes - Internet Crimes - Misdemeanors - License Restoration - Probation Violations
- Kozma, Larence: All Felonies All Misdemeanors Drug Related Offenses Weapons Offenses Drunk Driving Traffic Violations License Restoration
- Reina, Steve: DUI, weapons charges and retail fraud
- Galat, Richard: # Criminal Defense - Misdemeanors, Alcohol and Traffic Offenses: Drunk Driving (OWI), Minor in Possession (MIP), Retail Fraud, Speeding and other Traffic Violations. # Driver License Restoration Hearings: Appeals and Reinstatement Proceedings before the Secretary of State
- Larence Kozma: If the government, whether State or Federal, is charging you with a crime, you need experienced, competent, and aggressive representation. You need anattorneythat understands criminal law from every approach. A criminal conviction can have severe and long-lasting consequences. If you are charged with a traffic offense, including drunk driving, you could be facing large fines, court costs, loss of your drivers license, forfeiture of your vehicle, court-ordered alcohol treatment, lengthy probation, future legal ramifications, and even jail time. If you are facing a serious misdemeanor or a felony, a conviction could result in long terms of incarceration in jail or prison, and loss of certain civil rights. You do not have to face the prosecution alone.
- Clinton Township
- Coldwater
- Rhonda Ives: Know your legal rights!
- Coopersville
- Jessen Law Office: Ottawa County OWI/DUI Lawyer Drunk Driving/OWI/DUI Have you been arrested for drunk driving in West Michigan? If you have been charged with OWI (operating while intoxicated), contact an experienced criminal defense attorney to protect your rights.
- Davison
- Dearborn
- Detroit
- East Lansing
- Eastpointe
- Rock & Vernier: If you have been charged with a crime, you need a lawyer who will work hard for your rights.
- Farmington Hills-Dearborn Heights
- Fenton
- Shelton Legal: ...most of the time, criminal defense attorneys—myself included—lose their cases. It’s not that we do a bad job, or that we “throw” cases when we know our clients are guilty. On the contrary, it’s because, on the whole, police and prosecutors do their jobs well. Most of the time, they get the right guy. They obtain enough evidence to convict. And they do it legally. When that happens, there’s not much any criminal defense attorney can do. And that’s the way it should be.
- Flint
- Fountain Hills
- Spragins, Alan: * Assault and aggravated assault * Theft, burglary and armed robbery * Kidnapping * Weapons misconduct * Criminal damage * Disorderly conduct and resisting arrest * Drug possession and sales * Conspiracy, embezzlement, fraudulent schemes and forgery * Sexual offenses and prostitution * Domestic violence
- Fowlerville
- Gormley and Johnson: Too many people think that if they have been charged with a crime—particularly if it’s drunk driving—they have no options. That is simply not true. The prosecutor’s office may not have the evidence to back up their claims—and a thorough, prepared defense attorney can make that clear to a judge or jury. A case may be made for reduced charges or alternative sentencing options. It is essential to talk to an attorney as soon as possible after you have been charged—especially with a Michigan drunk-driving charge. You face the possible loss of your driver's license.
- Gladwin
- Siebert, William: DUI/OUIL/OWI
- Gran Blanc
- Charles Riley: If you are facing fines, jail time, or the loss or suspension of your driver's license, you need a criminal defense lawyer who is familiar with Michigans statutes regarding misdemeanor crimes related to traffic offenses, drunk driving and the possession of controlled substances such a marijuana. A first line of defense when you have been charged with drinking and driving is a close examination of the circumstances behind the traffic stop. Did the policeman, highway patrol officer or sheriff have sufficient probable cause to stop you? After the stop, did the arresting officer properly inform you of your rights? Were the field sobriety tests that were administered to you reliable and valid? Could a sober person have been reasonably expected to perform the tests that you were asked to do: walk the line, recite the alphabet backward or other tricky tasks? If you took the Breathalyzer test, was there any reason to doubt the validity of the test results?
- Grand Rapids Grand Rapids
- Grandville
- mietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes & Gezon: ... tart with our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and then travel the streets and fields of our magnificent and contradictory country, reading it and rereading it along the way.
- Grosse Pointe Park
- Tim Dinan: OUIL/DUL Offenses Michigan's drunk driving laws are some of the toughest in the nation now. Whether it is your first offense or a subsequent offense, the best way to protect your rights is by bringing in a lawyer with the training and knowledge to guide you through the system.
- Theodore Bratton: Drunk driving has become a serious criminal charge with draconian penalties. If you get arrested, immediately consult with and/or retain an attorney with expertise in this area of the law -- the sooner the better. Ted Bratton has extensive experience in, and keeps up to date with, the ever-changing science and law necessary to effectively represent people accused of this crime.
- Hart
- Springstead Law Offices: Felonies Arson Breaking & Entering Criminal Sexual Conduct Drug Offenses Embezzlement Felon in Possession Home Invasion Murder Fleeing & Eluding Resisting & Opposing Weapons Charges Misdemeanors Assault & Battery Domestic Violence Driving/License Offenses Drunk Driving Illegal Entry Larceny Minor in Possession/ Furnishing Operating Under the Influence of Drugs Possession of Controlled Substance Retail Fraud Sex Offender Registry Offenses
- Hartland
- Hastings
- Holland
- Hann Persinger: felony and misdemeanor cases in District and Circuit Courts
- Verde Law Office: Family Law, Personal Injury, Criminal Law, Real Estate, and Corporate / Business Services
- Pater, Raymond : how can an attorney defend a guilty person? Legally, that doesn’t normally happen, because the person is not guilty because of the presumption of innocence that prevents him or her from being adjudged guilty unless a plea or verdict overcomes that presumption. If there is not enough evidence to support a conviction, then how can someone say that a person obviously is guilty? If the accused was so obviously guilty, why was there was not enough evidence to convict? Is guilt to be determined by what a policeman thought, or what someone who read the paper thinks, or is it to be determined by a system with reasonable safeguards developed over several centuries to determine the facts? If you prefer guilt based on what the policeman thinks or what you 'know' by having read the paper, then you might hope that you never get into a situation where you did not commit a crime, but you are judged guilty by the policeman or newspaper reporter based upon what they think they know.
- Holt
- Bliss, James: Drunk Driving Offenses Operating While Intoxicated Operating While Visibly Intoxicated Operating While Intoxicated Second Offense Operating While Intoxicated Third Offense Allowing a Person to Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated or with a Blood Alcohol Level over .08 Allowing a Person to Operate a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated or with a Blood Alcohol Level over .08 that causes a death Operating While Impaired Operating While Impaired Second Offense Operating While Impaired Third Offense Operating While Impaired Causing Death Operating While Impaired Causing Death of a Police Officer or Firefighter Operating While Impaired Causing Serious Injury Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor by a Minor Child Endangerment Child Endangerment Second Offense Operating With Schedule One Controlled Substances and Cocaine Operating With Schedule One Controlled Substances and Cocaine Second Offense Operating With Schedule One Controlled Substances and Cocaine Third Offense
- Hopkins
- Howell
- Ionia
- Downs, Walter: CRIMINAL LAW Felonies Misdemeanors Drunk Driving defense Domestic Violence Civil Drug Forfeitures Personal Protection Orders
- Ironwood
- Jackson
- Jenison
- Timothy Trichler: Why is going to trial so expensive? The primary reason is it is very time consuming for the attorney to properly prepare. Preparation for trial costs much more than conducting the trial itself. Good trial preparation is difficult and tedious work. Television glorifies the actual trial. The truth is that most trials are won or lost on the quality of the preparation.
- Kalamazoo
- Keego Harbor
- Lake Orion
- Lakeside
- William Stevens: Often evidence of your bodily alcohol level or alleged impairment is derived from an improper stop.
- Lansing
- Lapeer
- Linden
- Baran, KC: CRIMINAL DEFENSE When you are accused of or charged with a crime, you need to know your rights to protect yourself. Sometimes, people are wrongfully charged for crimes they did not commit and other times they may be overcharged (charged with more things than are necessary).
- Livonia
- Ludington
- Luka
- Bowen, Richard: Auto Accidents -Criminal Law -DUI Defense -Personal Injury -Property Damage
- Madison Heights
- Manistee
- Otto, Mark: Asset Protection Auto Accident Civil Litigation Consumer Advocacy and Protection Contracts Criminal Defense Divorce DUI/DWI Family Law Incorporation Personal Injury Probate Real Estate Wills and Trusts
- Grant, William: When you've been arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol you really do need help. In Michigan DUI charges have serious consequences. If you are found guility, you can lose your license, be fined, your insurance can go up or be cancelled, and it carries jail time. Most people arrested for DUI have never been in any other type of criminal trouble and are confused, frustrated, and anxious about the entire process.
- Marquette
- Hyde & Swajanen: Criminal Defense All Felonies & Misdemeanors Drug Charges Sex Crimes Drunk Driving Domestic Violence Federal Charges Family Law Divorce Custody Parenting Time Support Personal Protection Orders Personal Injury Automobile Accidents Wrongful Deaths Dog Bites License Restoration
- Metamora
- Kohl Harris Nolan, McCarthy, Turkelson & Ogden: If you are charged with drunk driving in Michigan, be aware, it is now called OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) and it is a serious offense under Michigan law. A conviction for this charge can grow more serious with each successive violation.
- Midland
- Monroe
- Mt. Clemens
- Mt. Pleasant
- Munising
- Harmon Law Office: Drunk Driving In the state of Michigan, even a first offense for driving while under the influence is a crime. While the crime is referred to as "drunk driving", a person need not be "drunk" to be arrested AND convicted of a DUI. A DUI is any operation of a motorized vehicle by a person who cannot control the vehicle because he or she is under the influence of some agent. That agent can be alcohol, illegal drugs, or even legal drugs, such as prescription drugs or over-the-counter drugs.
- Muskegan
- Michigan N-Z
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