Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses
Book Details
Author(s)Robert S. Reiff
PublisherLexisNexis
ISBN / ASIN1422481255
ISBN-139781422481257
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,468,998
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In today's courts, there is no crime more aggressively legislated, prosecuted, or adjudicated than driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
This one-stop resource demystifies a complex area of law, analyzing exhaustively the many available avenues of prosecution and lines of defense. Noted DUI expert Robert S. Reiff, rated the most effective DUI advocate in South Florida in a 1991 Miami Herald study, shows you how to sell yourself to your client, select a jury, cross-examine the arresting officer, and deliver a strong closing argument. He offers his "Top Twenty Tips" for defending DUI cases and provides a large assortment of proven forms for pleadings, motions, correspondence, and other uses. Learn from the Master DUI Practitioner, who has taught thousands of attorneys how to better manage their practices, win their cases, and increase their profits.
The new Fifth Edition of Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses, updated with new case law and practical advice, provides coverage of numerous topics relevant to DUI and other driving offenses, including:
•  Physical sobriety exercises
•  Breath, urine, and blood tests
•  Double jeopardy limitations on prosecutions
•  Administrative driver's license hearings
•  Entrapment and necessity defenses
•  Jury instructions
•  Expert witness preparation and examination
•  Sentencing
•  Accident investigation and reconstruction
•  DUI and drug recognition
•  Boating under the influence
•  Murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide, reckless driving, and other serious vehicular offenses
A new "Trial Notebook" has been added to assist you in trial preparation. The Appendices include dozens of sample forms and motions to streamline your practice, along with sample questions for jurors and witnesses, and a wealth of other helpful materials for the DUI practitioner.
This one-stop resource demystifies a complex area of law, analyzing exhaustively the many available avenues of prosecution and lines of defense. Noted DUI expert Robert S. Reiff, rated the most effective DUI advocate in South Florida in a 1991 Miami Herald study, shows you how to sell yourself to your client, select a jury, cross-examine the arresting officer, and deliver a strong closing argument. He offers his "Top Twenty Tips" for defending DUI cases and provides a large assortment of proven forms for pleadings, motions, correspondence, and other uses. Learn from the Master DUI Practitioner, who has taught thousands of attorneys how to better manage their practices, win their cases, and increase their profits.
The new Fifth Edition of Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses, updated with new case law and practical advice, provides coverage of numerous topics relevant to DUI and other driving offenses, including:
•  Physical sobriety exercises
•  Breath, urine, and blood tests
•  Double jeopardy limitations on prosecutions
•  Administrative driver's license hearings
•  Entrapment and necessity defenses
•  Jury instructions
•  Expert witness preparation and examination
•  Sentencing
•  Accident investigation and reconstruction
•  DUI and drug recognition
•  Boating under the influence
•  Murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide, reckless driving, and other serious vehicular offenses
A new "Trial Notebook" has been added to assist you in trial preparation. The Appendices include dozens of sample forms and motions to streamline your practice, along with sample questions for jurors and witnesses, and a wealth of other helpful materials for the DUI practitioner.
