Recent Lexington County DUI Checkpoints & Advertising Blitz
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 ...
Defending an Arrest from a DUI Enforcement Checkpoint
We 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. ...
Can You Be Charged with DUI Based on Another Motorists *HP Call?
A 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. ...
A 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 ...
Review of Breath Test Results for Lake Murray BUI Cases
We’ve previously reviewed Datamasster test results from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. This article now reviews Datamaster results from ...
Insurance Settlement No Longer Protection Against Restitution
The South Carolina Court of Appeals issued a recent decision holding that settlement of a civil claim isn’t necessarily enough to protect against a ...