by Robert Foley | Sep 29, 2016 | DWI & Criminal Defense
Law enforcement agencies and prosecutors have become increasingly zealous about pursuing convictions in cases involving prescription drugs. A growing recognition that prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions is fueling this intensified scrutiny. Pain...
by Robert Foley | Sep 15, 2016 | DWI & Criminal Defense
Lawmakers, MADD, and other anti-drunk driving groups have successfully lobbied for harsher sentencing on repeat DWI offenders, in hopes of deterring those drivers from offending again in the future. Because many repeat DWI offenders suffer from chemical dependency...
by Robert Foley | Aug 19, 2016 | DWI & Criminal Defense
Due to the popularity of television crime dramas, most people are familiar with depictions of the first contact between an officer and motorist during the initial stages of a DWI investigation. This preliminary verbal exchange and the officer’s observations of the DWI...
by Robert Foley | Jul 17, 2016 | dwi, DWI & Criminal Defense
Typical DWI scenarios include a driver who operates a vehicle erratically or fails field sobriety tests (FSTs) and/or blood alcohol concentration (BAC). However, a driver’s behavior during a traffic stop often plays a major role in a DWI case and can lead to...
by Robert Foley | Jun 23, 2016 | DWI & Criminal Defense, fourth amendment, privacy, warrantless search
As a way of obtaining probable cause to issue a search warrant on the home of a person suspected of drug offenses, police search garbage for evidence. The United States Supreme Court in California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988) held that people do not have a...
