Defending Drinking Drivers

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Defending Drinking Drivers offers court-tested strategies, practice tips, arguments, and recent cases to keep you on the cutting edge of drunk driving law. Get the tactics, motions, case law, and sample examinations you need to help your client prevail.

New in this edition:

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE:

• Causation in Vehicular Homicide Cases. §152
• When Is a Victim-Driver’s Intoxication a Supervening Intervening Event? §152
• Failure to Request Involuntary Manslaughter Instruction as Ineffective Assistance of Counsel §154.7

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL TESTING:

• Inherent Variability in Chemical Test Measurements. §211.1
• Why Breath Alcohol Tests Can Be Significantly Higher than Venous Blood Tests. §229
  • Alcohol Absorption. §229.1
  • Alcohol Distribution. §229.2
  • Alcohol Elimination. §229.3
  • Breath vs. Blood-Alcohol Testing. §229.4
  • How Is This Science Relevant to the Defense of Allegedly Intoxicated Drivers? §229.5
  • How to Use This Information in Your Next DUI Trial. §229.6

BREATH TEST EVIDENCE

• What to Look for When Reviewing the Breath Test Video. §312.6
• Breath Test Logs: Are They Testimonial? §516.6

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

• Conviction of Misdemeanor Failure to Yield Precluded Prosecution for Felony DUI Causing Death. §531.7

TRIAL TACTICS

• The ABT Method for Preparing Opening Statements. §620

AND MORE!

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