Jay Norton was honored to serve on the DUI Committee of the Kansas Judicial Council which was convened for the purposes of conducting a thorough review of Kansas DUI laws and making recommendations for changes. The committee first met in 2018 and wor
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June 1, 2022, Lawyers and Judges Publishing released “Kansas DUI Defense, The Law and Practice”. This is the manual for lawyers handling DUI cases in Kansas and covers everything an attorney needs to know about Kansas DUI cases. You can f
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If a person gets put on diversion or probation for a DUI in Johnson County District Court, or several of the city courts in Johnson County, they will likely be required to submit to urine testing for all of the common “drugs of abuse”, li
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2020 was an unusual year, with most of the courts being closed for a significant part of the year. Nevertheless, we got a lot of cases resolved during the pandemic. The following are some of the results we obtained for clients in DUI cases in 2020. T
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The Taos, New Mexico Sheriff’s Department set up DUI checklanes recently to not only distribute information about the coronavirus, but also to try to make some DUI arrests. They stopped 500 cars and made 0 DUI arrests. They did distribute pamph
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For people who use AA/NA or other community support groups to help in their recovery, this is a difficult time. Groups of more than 10 people are banned in most places, and some communities are under shelter orders requiring everyone to stay home. So
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Below is the press release from the Kansas Supreme Court suspending all state court operations, other than essential and emergency hearings due to the coronavirus. So, DUI cases filed in Johnson County District Court, and all of the other counties in
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