If you have been arrested for a gun charge, a DUI, drug charge, assault charge, or any other criminal offense in South Carolina please call my office to schedule a free interview. I also handle driver's license issues, parole cases, and other matters. If you have questions about a search warrant, arrest warrant, or […]
My Top Priorities in a DUI Case Your license. If you refuse to provide a breath sample or provide a sample of .15% or greater, by law your license should immediately be seized by the arresting officer. Clients are eligible for a temporary alcohol license (which has little restrictions) upon requesting an administrative hearing, paying […]
I regularly represent people charged with "unlawful carrying" offenses in the low country. In almost every scenario, the person has either (1) forgotten about where the handgun is located in their car or (2) believes that the place they have the handgun stored is lawful. Unfortunately, ignorance of the law is no defense to […]
The Civil Death Penalty…that results from a conviction. Civil death is defined by Black's Law Dictionary succinctly as "the loss of rights." Historically, civil death arose from one who had been "outlawed" by a community. In today's world, this loss of one's civil rights can range from the loss of a driver's license to the […]
Time Matters Albert Einstein once called time an "illusion". Unfortunately, for folks charged with DUI or another criminal offense in South Carolina, waiting can cost you. Below are three bullet points that illustrate why time matters in criminal and DUI cases. If you have been charged with a DUI and (1) refuse the test or […]
Rarely does a DUI case encompass evidence retrieved using the materials in the picture above. In South Carolina, as in many states, officers rely on a three test battery to help determine whether or not probable cause exists to make an arrest. The three tests are (1) the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test, which tests for […]
DUI: DID YOU KNOW? A police officer makes a decision to arrest a person for DUI based on his or her personal observations. A person is not allowed to show they are not under the influence by providing a breath sample prior to being arrested. A police officer does not have to tell you are […]
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER AN ACCIDENT? Frequently I get phone calls from potential clients who have either been (1) injured in a car accident or (2) charged with being at fault in a car accident. Sometimes the caller has experienced a mixture of the two. If you are injured in a car accident as a result […]
Contrary to popular belief in South Carolina, you cannot prove your innocence, or tie your own noose for that matter, by providing a breath sample at the scene of a traffic stop. (Unless the police are operating a mobile breath testing unit which is the exception and not the rule). Portable breath test devices are […]
As of now, a little over 1/5th of the States criminalize refusing to provide a chemical test to determine blood alcohol concentration (South Carolina is not one of these). Specifically, refusing to provide a sample of one's breath, blood, or urine is charged as a separate offense other than DUI, DWI, OUI, and the […]