The Michigan Drunk Driving Lawyer

On October 30, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Bach, affirmed the trial court’s decision to deny the DUI defendant’s request to withdraw her guilty plea to a third offense of operating while intoxicated (OWI) with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher under M.C.L. [...]

On October 25, 2007, in an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Joslin, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the DUI defendant’s guilty conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI)  with an occupant under the age of 16, a violation of M.C.L. 257.625(7)(a)(ii). After the jury found the DUI defendant guilty, the trial court trial [...]

On October 23, 2007, in the case People v. Middler, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the DUI defendant’s conviction of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (OUIL) under M.C.L. 257.625(1) – her third offense – and of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, under M.C.L 257.904(3)(a). The DUI defendant [...]

On October 18, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals released an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Swift, affirming the DUI defendant’s guilty conviction of driving under the influence of a controlled substance causing death under M.C.L. 257.625(4). The DUI defendant was sentenced as a second habitual offender to 142 to 270 months [...]

On October 4, 2007, in the DUI case People v. Cullen, the Michigan Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the trial court’s decision to sentence the DUI defendant, who plead guilty to operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor — his third OWI offense (M.C.L. 257.625(9)(c)) — to three years [...]

On September 18, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Maclean, upholding a jury conviction for operating while intoxicated and causing death. One of the defendant’s principal arguments on appeal was the trial court erred by allowing admission of the blood alcohol test result, claiming there was [...]

On September 18, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion in the case People v. Waldeck, upholding a jury conviction for operating while intoxicated. The defendant was sentenced by the trial court to probation for two years and 183 days to serve in jail. This was the defendant’s third offense.
“Defendant’s conviction arises [...]