This is the time of year when local law enforcement agencies ramp up their enforcement of DUI and other traffic laws. In Lexington, the "official" Highway Patrol kickoff for the holiday season was held on December 13th. This was the start of the "sober or slammer" blitz to ...
Read MoreWe consider the Supreme Court’s granting of a right for local police to create license checkpoints to amount to an exception to the fourth amendment. ...
View MoreA common pre-cursor to a DUI arrest is that another motorist called in our client’s vehicle alleging that they thought it was a possible drunk driver. ...
View MoreA common thing we hear from clients is that they think they either passed, or failed the field sobriety tests. Problem is, for most it is impossible ...
View MoreWe’ve previously reviewed Datamasster test results from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. This article now reviews Datamaster results from ...
View MoreThe South Carolina Court of Appeals issued a recent decision holding that settlement of a civil claim isn’t necessarily enough to protect against a ...
View MoreMany people believe that if they are taking medication prescribed by their doctor that this is some sort of defense against a DUI charge. ...
View MoreAs with any holiday weekend, police will have extra patrols looking to increase the number of DUI arrests. These extra patrols, combined with the ...
View MoreI have completed an analysis of all published breathalyzer repots coming from the Lexington County Detention Center from January 1, 2016, through ...
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