THE IMPAIRED DRIVER ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM (IDAP) IS DEAD. After November 1, 2022 "BOT IDAP" took its place. Under BOT IDAP, driver licenses will be revoked for refusing to test, or for having a breath or blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more. The revocations will be for 6 months, 1 year...
WHY IN SUCH A DARN HURRY? It seems like a lot has been made over an earlier Facebook post regarding the prospect of losing one's drivers license for being so stupid as to pass a school bus while it is stopped to load and unload children. Many have asked questions such as “What if it's a four-...
What Happens If a State Court Judge Won't Take My Plea Bargain Statistically, a far greater number of criminal cases in any state or county end in a plea bargain arrangement rather than a trial. However, any plea bargain arrived at between a prosecutor and a defense lawyer is subject to the app...
Probably anyone in their 50's remembers the hullabaloo back in 1993 when a St. Louis jury stung Domino's Pizza for more than $78 million after its delivery driver struck and severely injured a woman. It hadn't been the only delivery related lawsuit against Domino's, but it was finally the one th...
BUT, I DIGRESS… (A Game of Beauty, Not of Numbers) No, even for a lawyer, one's world should not revolve solely around the law. So, I will discuss golf in this article – in a rather philosophical fashion. I welcome any comments. Golf, in my estimation, is not all about the numbers. So, s...
LIABILITY IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA FOR BIRD or LIME, and such, SCOOTERS: Ingenious product, ubiquitous market, insatiable demand. Like all wonderful things, the advent of the rentable motorized scooter (for lack of a more precise and consistent legal definition) is upon this college town. And, like ...
Oklahoma expungement laws allow individuals with a criminal history to cleanse and sometimes completely erase their criminal record from the public eye. Oklahoma expungement laws frequently change; and, effective November 1, 2018, they are changing again. Virtually all recipients of deferred sen...
Scenario: Driving along a hilly, scenic highway, you're not really paying attention and drift ever so slightly over toward the line and the shoulder, striking a cyclist, breaking your side mirror and sending the athlete to the pavement. You pull over, call an ambulance (because leaving would onl...
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