Last week the Kansas Supreme Court released an opinion in a case I have been fighting for over 4 years. The opinion, State v. May, can be found here. My client was arrested in 2007. She blew into a breath testing device but the device determined that
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A recent study from the University of Cardiff in the UK found that driving with a common cold or the flu was just as dangerous as driving drunk. In fact, the study found that driving while sick was equivalent to driving after drinking 4 double whiski
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One day in the not-so-distant future all vehicles may come with ignition interlock devices or other alcohol detection machines installed as standard equipment. This recent article from MSNBC points out that more and more states are making the devices
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2011 was another successful year at Norton Hare, LLC. The firm was named in Kansas/Missouri SuperLawyers again and Lindsay Hare was named a Rising Star. Ryan Hare and Jay Norton were again named to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawy
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I can’t resist mentioning that a recent DUI checklane in Shawnee County, aka our state capital of Topeka, was an excellent example of what is so wrong with these DUI roadblocks. The story is here. So, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Departme
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The Pitch Weekly published an article today about Kansas City checklanes and the people that protest them. I was quoted briefly in the article. The article is a good run-down of the arguments, pro and con, surrounding DUI roadblocks. I have blogged
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More trouble for the Intoxilyzer 8000, the same machine used in every Kansas DUI breath test case. According to this news story, “thousands” of people in Florida have been tested on these machines going back to 2006 and it turns out the
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