http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog Florida Criminal Defense Lawyers Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:20:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A woman is Arizona is arrested for a DUI. Not a single drink. Breathalyzer shows a 0.0% BAC. Recap here. You'd almost get the idea that cops will arrest anyone for DUI with virtually no evidence. The culture of arrest everybody and sort them out later is finally here. Civil rights, ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/more-dui-arrest-madness/ Via the Agitator, MADD in San Diego is traumatizing high school students with elaborate hoaxes about dead classmates due to drunk driving. I expect and hope that this will have the opposite effect intended. If I were I student, I would be furious about being lied to about the death of ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/madd-is-seriously-deranged/ Was it fair for the American Beverage Institute to use the image of Lindsay Lohan as an example of irresponsible drinking? Legally, the answer appears to be yes, it was a public domain photo. And the PR value sparked by the ad and associated free media coverage pretty much makes the ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/drunk-driving-poster-girl/ Following up on the creeping DUI laws watch, today MADD came out against drunk driving in a video game. If it wasn't clear before that MADD is an organization that has completely lost it's way, this should be clear evidence. Not only is it a game, but anyone who has ever ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/drunk-driving-gta/ Drunk driving laws are a subject that gets many people worked up, and appropriately so, much of the time. No one is in favor of drunk driving. But under the guise of public safely,  our constitutional and legal writes have been eroding at a rapid pace. Breathalyzer machines have been elevated ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/creeping-dui-laws-whos-fighting-back/ It is an interesting legal notion that drunk driving roadblocks are published ahead of time. This one in particular was announced for a road in Bradenton and south Manatee County. What is particularly fascinating about this announcement is the fact that MADD representatives will be present at the DUI roadblock checkpoint. What ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/drunk-driving-checkpoint-with-madd/ MADD, the nations largest drunk driving victim advocacy group, announced new proposed enhancements to Florida DUI laws. The law would require anyone convicted of drunk driving with a .105% Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) to have an ignition interlock device installed in his or her vehicle. A level of .105 is ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/more-on-propsed-florida-dui-law-enhancements/ A circuit judge in Hillsborough County recused himself from presiding over a drunk driving case after a defense attorney argued he hadn't shown the appearance of impartiality. The issue? The judge mentioned support of MADD, the nation's leading victim advocacy group for drunk driving laws, on his official judicial web ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/judge-recused-in-florida-dui-case/ According to this article in the Miami Herald, the state of Florida tops the nation in mortgage fraud cases. This has happened in spite of the fact that Florida enacted tough penalties for mortgage fraud last year, which made the crime a 3rd degree felony. A third degree felony is ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/mortgage-fraud-in-florida-tops-nation/ The Florida State Senate Committee on Transportation approved a bill to enhance penalties for "High BAC" DUI Offenders.  Under current Florida DUI law, a person who is convicted of a DUI after blowing a .20 & BAC would be required to install an ignition interlock alcohol Breathalyzer device in their ... http://www.myfloridadefenselawyer.com/defenseblog/2008/enhanced-florida-dui-laws-on-tap/