As you finish making your plans for this long Memorial Day weekend, pack your sunscreen, and get ready for the barbecues, take some time to be thankful and reflect on what our veterans have done for our country and the lives that have been lost along the way. They have fought to found this country,…
Imagine that your friend “George” has cancer and got a medical marijuana card, and he utilizes the card as intended by his treating physician. He’s extremely cautious about when and how he ingests marijuana because he knows that it can affect his ability to drive and perform certain tasks. If he smoked marijuana, he always…
Getting a DUI is not going down in anyone’s books as being a great experience. But what if getting a DUI from Officer A had worse consequences than getting that same DUI from Officer B in the same city? What if you had to pay thousands of dollars more if Officer A arrests you? Welcome…
This blog will update you on the state of Current Issues in Forensic Sciences as it relates to DUI arrests. Fingerprints. DNA. Bite marks. Polygraphs. Ballistics. Blood spatters. Gas chromatography. Burn Patterns. Handwriting. Toxicology. All of these areas of forensic science provide a window into explaining the evidence collected from crime scenes and alleged suspects….
Heading to the Waste Management Phoenix Open this weekend? You will see the usual crowd favorites like Phil Mickelson, the 16th hole will be rowdy with cries of “you da man,” and the lines to the port-a-potty unbearably long. You’ll also likely see information from the Governor’s office in cooperation with the City of Scottsdale…
Back on December 5th, we discussed the Hinton crime lab scandal in Boston featuring Annie Dookhan and the greater implications that this could have on labs across the nation and the practice of forensic science in crime labs in general. Part of the concern is that even though a lab may be accredited and “approved”…
Take a deep breath in. Now breathe out. These instructions sound like something a doctor would ask a patient to do, but it is the same instruction that an officer might give to a DUI suspect. As we’ve mentioned here on the blog recently, it’s that time of year when law enforcement is out on…
If you have been following the AZDUI blog, you’re aware of an August 21, 2013, Superior Court ruling that ordered the suppression of eleven defendants’ blood results from felony DUI cases. On November 20, 2013, the Arizona Court of Appeals heard an Oral Argument to determine if it should accept jurisdiction of the State’s appeal…
Thanksgiving and all of its excesses are finally here. We remember all of the things that have happened over the past year and are thankful for both the good and the bad–with happy memories from good times and sighs of relief that challenges have finally passed. So as we sit down to roasted turkeys, root…
Living with roommates can be great or very stressful. For most of us who’ve cohabitated, it’s usually somewhere in the middle. During the best of times, you are almost always guaranteed to have a friend around to kick back with. During not so great times, that pile of dirty dishes can begin to creep up…
