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Michigan OWI: "Operating" a Motor Vehicle Defined

Discusses in depth what constitutes "operating" a motor vehicle for purposes of a DUI or OWI.

Resisting & Obstructing

Michigan's Resisting & Obstructing statute including definitions, penalties, defenses, and recent case law.

Retail Fraud AKA Shoplifting

Detailing Michigan's Retail Fraud or Shoplifting statute and penalties.

Hardship Driver's License Appeal

When can someone with a suspended or revoked license apply to the circuit court for a hardship driver's license.

Fleeing & Eluding

Detailing Michigan's Fleeing & Eluding statutes and the various penalties and defenses.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Recommends States to Lower BAC to .05 for DUIs

Discusion and detail of the NTSB's new recommendations for DUI laws and penalties including lowering the BAC requirement from .08 to .05.

Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Awards Back Pay To Former Employee of General Services Administration

In a recent decision by the MSPB, Paul Prouty, former Region 8 Commissioner of the General Services Administration (GSA)’s Public Buildings Services, was found to have been wrongfully terminated for his alleged involved in the Western Regions Conference Scandal and awarded nine months of back pay.

Three Strikes Rule Aggressively Enforced in Santa Barbara County

Although the “Three Strikes” rules changed dramatically in November, 2012 when California voters passed “Proposition 36″, it is still no joke.

Santa Barbara Attorneys Team Up To Deliver A Scalding $2.6M Victory for Baby Burned by Hot Coffee

(January 2013) Ten- month old "Baby M." suffered pain and scarring on her chest and neck from a hot coffee burn.

Criminal FAQ

Reibstein Law Criminal Defense FAQ

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