Michigan Drunk Driving Defense
Finding Your Defense Where Others Only See Conviction.
Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently become fascinated by the human predilection for storytelling.[i] It appears that the need to listen to and tell stories is innate. This is how we communicate and how we learn. For the trial lawyer, this is how we persuade. In the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Champion magazine, author/lawyer [...]
This case was handled by Jim Nesci of Arizona. Jim is one of the Nation’s top experts on blood testing, and really proved his mettle with this fantastic win: Client was charged with: DUI, BAC .08 or More, Extreme DUI (.15 or More), Super Extreme DUI (.20 or More) and a lane-divider civil traffic. First [...]
Barone Defense Firm Senior Trial Lawyer Michael J. Boyle recently won another felony drunk driving. Here’s how: The Case Facts: Client (JD) was approached by officer as client was sitting in driver’s seat of a running car with its flashers on. Client’s girlfriend Sara was also in the car at the time in the passenger [...]
The 911 Call: The Officer in Charge received a dispatch 911 call advising that a witness observed a man slumped over the wheel on 6 mile. The Trooper arrived at this location at 8:30 a.m., and there were several firefighters and EMS / HVA personnel already on the scene. The Trooper also observed that an [...]
Psychodrama is a deep action method developed by Jacob Levy Moreno (1889 – 1974), in which people enact scenes from their lives, dreams or fantasies in an effort to gain new insights and understandings, and practice new and more satisfying behaviors.[i] A basic concept of psychodrama relates to role theory. Moreno believed that each person [...]
Michigan citizens arrested for drunk driving are increasingly being asked to submit to a blood test which allows the state to collect evidence of the driver’s blood alcohol or drug level. Admission of these tests in a DUI case traditionally requires the testimony of the forensic scientist who tested the blood. However, this can be [...]
Many lawyers and many people accused of DUI believe that it is just not possible to win a drunk driving case at trial. Proving the wrongness of this belief, on August 31, 2011 four lawyers in two states won jury trial acquittals for their DUI clients. One lawyer is Don Ramsell of Wheaton Illinois. Mr. [...]
For over a year Michigan has been participating in a jury reform project. In thinking about these reforms, it is helpful to understand these reforms within the broader context of the right to jury trial. While this has always existed in the United States, the existence of the right or at least the concept of [...]
In a sweeping an important decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution’s Confrontation Clause (contained in the Sixth Amendment in the Bill of Rights) requires that the analyst who tests an alleged drunk driver’s blood for alcohol content must appear and offer in court testimony before the lab report containing [...]
Senior trial lawyer at the Barone Defense Firm Mike Boyle did what few other lawyers would have the gumption to do: take a breath test result nearly four times the legal limit to trial! Mike’s client was basically passed-out with his car stuck in a snow bank. When the cops got there, he was stumbling [...]
Mr. Barone has been listed in Who’s Who as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2009, and a Michigan Super Lawyer since 2007.
Barone has earned a perfect 10 and is rated as “superb” by AVVO.com, and in 2006 was given the "Award of Excellence” by DUI-Help.com.
Mr. Barone has been rated “preeminent” in his legal knowledge and ethical standards (AV) by the Martindale Hubbell legal directory since 2010.
Mr. Barone has been recognized as one of Metro-Detroit’s top DUI lawyers by both Crain’s Detroit Business and Dbusiness magazines.
Mr. Barone is also the Founding President of the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys.
Mr. Barone is also a Sustaining Member of the National College for DUI Defense.