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Virginia DUI Law Allows a Conviction for Much Less than Drunk Driving
Virginia DUI law only makes sense if it outlaws drunk driving, not something less than driving drunk. However, as a Virginia DUI lawyer, I know that the Virginia Code and caselaw allow for a DUI conviction for much less than driving drunk, thus turning logic,...
Virginia DWI – Court of Appeals permits warrantless blood draws by silence
Virginia's Court of Appeals asserted this week that it complied with Supreme Court case law when permitting a warrantless blood draw in a DWI case where the defendant was neither asked whether he would take the test nor refused. I disagree. Wolfe v. Virginia, ___...
SCOTUS’s Birchfield decision misses the gross inaccuracy of breath testing in DWI cases
The next time the Supreme Court reviews a DWI case, it will be important to enlighten the justices on how inaccurate are breathalyzer machines.