Category Archives: OWI (Operating While Intoxicated)

When you are arrested for OWI in Michigan, you not only have to deal with your driving privileges being suspended, but you also have to go through the criminal justice…

Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) is a crime in the State of Michigan. It carries with it serious penalties and ramifications. These can be more serious than you might…

As detailed in another blog entry,  there is no chemical test for determining (i) if a driver is driving under the influence of drugs, or (ii) how high they are.…

The current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the day-to-day lives of everybody in the Detroit area and Michigan in general. For example, substantial fewer people have been arrested for driving under…

  We’ve all heard so many stories about how to beat a breathalyzer test. Truthfully, I used to believe many of them. Probably because I wanted to believe these breathalyzer…

Breathalyzer readings are critical pieces of evidence in drunk-driving cases. You need to ensure that the test results were properly obtained. If not, challenge your breathalyzer results. How do you…

Very few people drive while they think they’re drunk. They don’t think they’re a danger to anyone. But something happens, the police pull them over, and they are over the…

As Michigan DUI defense lawyers, we are often asked ‘do you have to take a breathalyzer test if you get pulled over in Michigan?’ This is not a straightforward question.…

The crime of Operating While Intoxicated is taken very seriously. You face an even harsher sentence if you get an OWI with a passenger under 16 in Michigan. At George…

Michigan has strict DUI laws. Unsurprisingly, the courts give elevated sentences to drivers who kill people or cause serious injuries. Michigan OWI causing death carries a minimum sentence of 15…