Labor Day DUI Crackdown (Checkpoint Update)

September 3rd, 2010 by daytondui No comments »
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There will be a major law enforcement crackdown on impaired drivers in Kettering, Ohio tonight from 9 pm to 3 am.   No sobriety checkpoints are scheduled, but extra patrols will be out looking for drunk drivers.  Tomorrow night there will be a sobriety checkpoint in Beavercreek, Greene County in front [Read the full post. . .]

Arrested for OVI in Miamisburg, Ohio?

September 2nd, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

This is the entrace to the Miamisburg Municipal Court.  The Judge is the Honorable Robert E. Messam, Jr.  His jurisdiction includes the cities of Miamisburg, Germantown, West Carrollton and Miami and German Townships.  The Court is located inside the Miamisburg Civic Center at 101 N. First St., Miamisburg, Ohio. The court can be found online at www.MiamisburgCourts.com or, for DUI/OVI inquiries, by phone at 937-866-2203.  Charles M. Rowland II regularly appears in this court, and courts throughout the Miami Valley.  [Read the full post. . .]

Ohio State Highway Patrol DUI Labor Day Effort Announced

September 1st, 2010 by daytondui No comments »
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced their plans for the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. The Patrol will focus on removing impaired drivers from our roadways and urging motorists to think twice before getting behind the wheel while impaired. Troopers will be out in full force in an effort to reduce fatalities over the long weekend.

To see more from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, visit the web site HERE.

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What Clients Really Want in a Lawyer Biography

August 31st, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

1. Yes, I will return your calls.  I have a 24 hr. number 937-776-2671.

2. No! I am not an asshole.

3. I limit my practice to DUI (now called OVI) defense.

4. Here’s my full bio from my BLOG.

5. I’m really good at DUI defense (see a blog post to that effect)

6. My clients like me (see my 10 out of 10 rating on AVVO)

7. I am on facebook and [Read the full post. . .]

Ohio OVI Law: Fellow Officer Rule (State v. Townsley)

August 30th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

Here’s another reason never to go to a garage sale!  State v. Townsley, 2010-Ohio-3350, 5th District Court of Appeals

July 19, 2010: A retired cop and his wife were having a yard sale when they noticed the Defendant stumbling around and reeking of alcohol.  When the Defendant got into his car and drove away, the retired officer called 911 to report the scofflaw.  Approximately twenty minutes the Defendant is stopped on suspicion of drunk driving.   The trial court denied [Read the full post. . .]

Ohio OVI Law: State v. Ridenour

August 30th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »
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State v. Ridenour, 2010-Ohio-3373, 4th District Court of Appeals

July 19: Here, the Defendant was involved in a fatal accident and law enforcement suspected OVI.  A trooper obtained a search warrant for the Defendant’s blood  from a Meigs County Judge.  This created an issue as the Defendant was being treated  in [Read the full post. . .]

Dayton Ohio OVI Checkpoint Update: August 28, 2010

August 28th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

No OVI checkpoints are scheduled to take place in the Miami Valley tonight (August 28, 2010).  OVI checkpoints will take place in Huron, Allen, Belmont, Lawrence and Cuyahoga Counties.  No information has been released about the location of the Lima,  Allen County OVI checkpoint.  Check out www.LimaDUI.com for information on how Charles M. Rowland II can defend your DUI case.

Here’s information from the Ohio State Highway Patrol about the checkpoint in [Read the full post. . .]

Springfield, Clark County OVI Checkpoint Tonight, Aug. 27th

August 27th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

There will be four OVI checkpoints across Ohio Friday night and four more on Saturday night.  There will be an OVI checkpoint tonight in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio around Rt. 40 and Rt. 68.  Times for this checkpoint have not been announced as of the filing of this update.  Check points have been announced  in Geauga County tonight, Cuyahoga County tomorrow.  Please check back or follow my twitter feed @DaytonDUI.

If you are stopped tonight,

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The BAC DataMaster: Margin of Error and Interfering Substances

August 26th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

HOW THE MACHINE WORKS[1]

The BAC DataMaster is an evidential breath testing machine which works on the principles of infrared spectrophotometry.  Many vapors, including ethanol in the breath, absorb[2] infrared energy.  The machine captures a breath sample in its testing chamber and sends a beam of infrared energy through the sample.[3] When infrared energy passes through the ethanol molecule[4], the molecule begins to vibrate at [Read the full post. . .]

Ohio’s Habitual Offender Registry

August 25th, 2010 by daytondui No comments »

If you have an OVI conviction after September 30, 2008 and you have four or more prior OVI (or equivalent) convictions in the past 20 years, you will be placed on the Ohio Habitual Offender Registry.  The Registry includes the name, address, and date of birth of offenders as well as their date of convictions.  The Registry is accessible to the public.  Offenders remain on the Registry until they no [Read the full post. . .]