House Bill 2554, which has been signed by the Governor of Kansas, says that after July 1, 2006, there will no more expungements of diversions or convictions for DUI in city courts. You can expunge just about any other diversion or conviction, but not
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The Kansas Court of Appeals handed down an unpublished opinion recently that addresses a problem I have seen very frequently in Johnson County, Kansas Minor in Possession (MIP) cases. A typical MIP case starts with the police officers hearing about o
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The stats are in from a Johnson County, Kansas DUI checklane last weekend. 1,226 cars were stopped and 11 DUI arrests were made. That is less than 1%. Here is a link to the KC Crime Scene Blog’s entry on this issue: http://blogs.kansascity.com/
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A few months ago I mentioned here that Kansas would soon be adopting a new breatht test machine to replace the Intoxilyzer 5000, which is about 20 years old. As I suspected, the machine they have chosen is the Intoxilyzer 8000. It was just officially
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WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM YOUR KANSAS DUI ATTORNEY: 1. Answers to your questions when asked. 2. Prompt return of all telephone calls and emails. 3. That a copy of all police reports, videotapes, photographs and other evidence will be obtained by th
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HOW TO DO IT RIGHT: 1. Word of mouth: This is the most effective form of advertising and should be one effective way to determine which lawyer can best represent you. Almost everybody knows someone who has been cited for DUI, and some of your acquain
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COMMON MISTAKES IN SELECTING A KANSAS DUI ATTORNEY: 1. Hiring your friend, friend’s dad, or your real estate attorney to represent you for a Kansas DUI charge. Not just anybody with a law license can give you effective representation in a DUI c
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