Ithaca Cortland DWI Lawyer Why I Love Maps and Navigating the DWI Forrest?

Google has most recently improved their maps. I really love the new and revised google maps, you can zoom in and out, go 3D, live view, compare routes, and it goes on and on.

Map Reading is a Life 101 Basic

One of the first basic skills that my dad taught me, and thinking back now he taught me quite a lot, was how to read a map. This was way before GPS devices, and I think GPS has ruined real map appreciation. My dad taught me East, West, North, and South, why roads were given various odd and even numbers, and how to read the KEY. The distances between places based on map measurements. All in all, between learning maps and handicapping horses it was a complete education. Knowing where you want to go, setting a path and a plan, and then following a guide to follow through.

Maps Go Beyond Physical Directions

I think I love maps as much as I love cars.  Now before you think me abit batty (admittedly I am), Maps are helpful with not only finding your way around physically but mentally as well. But how bout if we had a map for a DWI or a criminal case. Well I think you do have a map.

Navigating the DWI Forrest

Every legal case has a grand overview of the process, let's call it the forrest. The forrest will have a beginning, a middle, and an end. In a criminal case this is the initial appearance, pre-trial conferences and/or pre-trial hearings, potential motions, and then trial and/or plea and then potential sentencing. These can be mapped out chronologically in time but also spacially as well.

And of course the forrest has landmarks along various paths called the trees. Each tree can be a transition of sorts, a place to stay the first (original) course or a spot to change direction. Any good guide will show the complete forrest, potential traps or pitfalls, uneven terrain, bad roads, and explain factors outside of our control (like weather and judges).

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Lawyer: Can You Drive on a Foreign Driver's License with a Suspended New York State Privilege?

People confuse physical documents with actual privileges and protection daily. Just because you have an insurance card does not mean your insurance is in effect and valid. Just because you have a driver's license from a state does not mean it allows you to drive in that state or any other. Just because you have any document from any country does not mean that the paper carries any weight anywhere BECAUSE it is what is behind and in back of the documents that give (or imbue) them with any power or authority.

A Driving Privilege = A License to Drive 

If you drive in the state of New York, and
you incur a violation, and
you DO NOT address it (deal with it)
then you will most assuredly be suspended.

YOUR PRIVILEGES TO DRIVE ARE SUSPENDED ON THE COMPUTER.

You are now in the system as a violator who is irresponsible. This is sometimes referred to as a person who is a SCOFFLAW.   A person who SCOFFS the law.

It is an old prohibition term (1920 to 1933) for those that used to drink during a time when our country made alcohol illegal. Thank god that's over, but anyway, it is a person who doesn't follow the law. It is a person who "mocks the law or ridicules the law or flouts the law or fails to answer summons or pay fines."

If someone comes to New York from any state or nation they can drive on the license from that place legally. They will be afforded NYS driving privileges.

They may choose to apply for a NYS license or permit but regardless IF they violate the law they must comply or else they lose their privileges. Their license from any other place is now worthless here because in NYS the person with their name, date of birth, and social security (if any) is NOW a Violator, A SCOFFLAW.

SCOFFLAWS CAN NOT DRIVE LEGALLY.

If a scofflaw drives and is now stopped by the police they will then be charged with AUO 3rd.
Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle in the 3rd degree, a criminal misdemeanor.

 Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Cortland Lawyer What is Basic Due Process for Criminal Cases?

Due process can be viewed as a hodgepodge of your fundamental rights but without getting into all the legal mumbo jumbo,,,

DUE PROCESS consists of two main things: NOTICE and CONFRONTATION

When one of three things are being threatened by the government or any of it's branches (like the DMV):

1. Actions against your Property
2. Actions against your Personhood (liberty, freedom)
3. Actions against your Privileges (license, rights)

In other words they (an administrative body: IRS, DMV, DA) want to take something away from you.

YOU should get at a minimum the ability to be NOTIFIED of what is being threatened with loss and why it is being threatened with loss.

Notification should come in advance of the taking or loss.
It is notice which places you on guard to mount (prepare) a defense. It allows you the opportunity to get advice and guidance from an attorney versed in what they are threatening.

In the case of a DWI these would be the SPECIFIC CHARGES against you and the PC (probable cause) of what they are alleging you did. Drive recklessly or in an unsafe manner while being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. Legally PC is merely reasonable and trustworthy information that you did something.

Your Confrontation to these charges under Due Process assumes three basic forms:

1. You can Challenge the proof or evidence (blood/breath/field side TESTS
2. You can Confront those Accusing you directly (in a DWI the police are the accusers)
3. You can Contradict their proof with your own evidence and testimony (including witnesses)

So you can cross examine the police and/or lay witnesses as to their tests, their bias, their prejudice, their experience, their training, their actions, their inactions, and their observations.

You can bring in your own expert and lay witnesses to testify and to present evidence.

You can choose to take the stand on your own behalf and tell your side or version of the story.

Generally basic due process is a given in the United States. How much or how little of it you receive will mostly depend on what is being threatened and by who. Your highest level of due process will come when facing criminal charges, higher still a charge of murder (a capital offense).

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Lawyer How do YOU Challenge RADAR on Upstate NY Speeding Tickets?

RADAR = A Radio Transmitter and Receiver

Sends out a signal and receives back a signal. RADAR has limitations and there are two sources of potential problems or error:

1. The Unit itself (was it working properly)
2. The Operator (any machine is only as good as it's user)

I'm just going to go over the major error problem areas in this blog post.

1. Vehicle Interference Error

Did they target and focus only on your car, and no other car or moving object? Was there "traffic" on the road besides your car?

2. RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) Error

Car fan blades and moving car parts (heater or air conditioning unit), also known as mechanical interference error. 

Radio signals from police radio, CB, walkie talkie, cell phones, radio, and/or any other electronic device.

Poor connections with any electronics in the car or the unit can cause electrical bleeps and shorts.

Lights in or out of the car can bring on a false reading as well.

3. Calibration by Tuning Fork

The RADAR unit should be calibrated (checked for accuracy) both before and after a speeding ticket is issued. Many law enforcement officers only check the unit at the start of their shift and at the end of their shift. This does not ensure that the unit was properly working at the time of a specific ticket (driving infraction).

If the tuning forks are too hot or too cold they will not accurately calibrate the RADAR unit either.

There are a great many areas to challenge with any ticket but in particular with a speed related infraction. In New York State the standard is to prove that you were speeding beyond a reasonable doubt.

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Cortland Lawyer How Do the Police Know if YOU were Speeding?

Speeding tickets and upstate New York are kinda like franks and beans, they just go together. Wide open spaces with two lane roads make for easy speeding. Coming from the cityscape to the country scape sometimes doesn't allow for a real slow down.

What a dichotomy of sorts?"city folk" in the country

from http://readingandwriting3udenar.wordpress.com/

Slow down your speech, your thinking, and most of all SLOOW down your car. Whenever I visit the big city it amazes me how fast people drive. It's all relative, this fast and slow stuff. But cars on the New Jersey and Pennsylvania turnpike just haul a-- and I guess the cops can't keep up with them all.

Well on our big interstates like I-17/ I-86 and smaller state routes like 96 and 79 they do keep up with it and they love to pull people over especially those from the "big" city. Teach-em a country lesson, be safe in these here parts, ya hear?

Police Use Three Methods the Gauge Speed Upstate

1. Pacing

This is really Simple, they follow you or at least try to follow and keep up with your car. Hopefully they have an accurate speedometer in their car. If they need to go 90mph to catch up to you then you are going too fast.

2. Visual Estimation

They just look at your car, and they can tell how fast you are traveling based upon their experience and training. The best method is to pre-measure distances between local landmarks like light poles, trees, and signs. Then they clock your time from one landmark to another landmark. Remember miles per hour, speed is to distance.

Big Take Away: SPEED is a RELATIONSHIP!

The Easy Math of Speeding Tickets

5,280 feet in a mile
3,600 seconds in an hour

45mph = 66 feet per second
55mph = 80 feet per second
65mph = 95 feet per second

So the police officer/trooper/deputy testifies to it taking you X seconds to travel from this pole/sign to this tree and he knows that is a distance of Y means you are traveling = faster than the speed limit.

3. The Big Gun: RADAR

Usually any speed estimate by Pacing and/or visual estimate will be backed up by the gun (the Dual Stalker) is our latest upstate Trooper toy. Is RADAR always accurate and correct, no but often it is.

I'll save that for my next blog and video, challenging the dreaded RADAR gun.

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Ithaca Cortland DWI Lawyer Does the Judge Have to Agree to the Plea Bargain?

Plea bargains are a way that the majority of criminal and non-criminal cases are resolved. The percentages around the country hover around the 94% to 95% mark both statewide and federally.

BUT every plea bargain involves a Judge as well. It just doesn't involve your attorney and the DA (or assistant DA). Some Judges will give their blessing to any deal that is struck between the government and the person charged. Some Judges get very involved in the process and carefully review every deal as to fairness and justice. Some place their own bias and prejudice onto every deal.

Throughout the state of New York there is wide latitude on not only punishments but the Judges dishing them out. Legal punishments are in the ultimate discretion of the local Judges. They are elected to their positions. Depending on your location these punishments vary from place to place.

Watch this video to see why knowing the players are as important (if not more important) as knowing the game!

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Ithaca DWI Lawyer What's the Big Difference Between Being Indicted and a Superior Court Information?

Felony Indictment = Your case (situation) is placed in front of a grand jury. All it requires for the grand jury to decide to bring the felony charge is PC (probable cause) to move forward and charge YOU. Probable cause means reasonable and trustworthy information that a particular person committed a particular offense. In NYS, with felony DWI cases this can be testimony from law enforcement, and a blood and/or breath test result.

Felony by SCI (superior court information) = Your case (situation) is discussed between the DA, the Judge, and your lawyer. A deal (plea bargain) is struck based upon your history, your current situation, and the evidence. Proceeding by SCI means an agreement is in place, much like a contract with assurances and some guarantees.

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Cortland Lawyer What Does Any Legal Sentence Really Mean?

Legal sentences are sentences (punishments) allowed by law. Remember that in New York State Judges are given wide latitude to punish people. New York is an old common law state with many laws stretching back hundreds of years. We have over 6,000 little town, village, and city courts. They dote the landscape over hill and dale.

Under our statutes even for a speeding ticket (a non-criminal) violation under NYS VTL (vehicle and traffic law) section 1180 you can be sentenced to up to 15 days in the county jail. In fact, for the majority of our traffic offenses, all non-criminal you can get up to 15 days in jail:

VTL 1160 (a) Improper Right Turn  up to 15 days in jail
VTL 1160 ( c) Improper U- Turn     up to 15 days in jail
VTL 1128 ( c) Failure to Use Designated Lane   up to 15 day in jail

and it goes on and on,,,

How often do I see people being sent to jail for speeding? 

Rarely, I have seen a few motorcycle cases with speeds in excess of 100 mph that got a weekend but generally NO! Traffic infractions rarely land people in jail but the power invested and entrusted to the bench is huge.

ANY Legal Sentence has Lots of Weight

But the main point is that ANY LEGAL SENTENCE on a New York misdemeanor (a crime) means up to a year in county jail, or up to three years of probation supervision (monitoring), and fines, and surcharges, and with some Judges community service hours, and with some Judges drug/alcohol assessments and programs, and the list goes on and on.

KEY TAKE AWAY: 

What is allowed (legally) in terms of punishments under the laws of the state of New York is huge!

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca DWI Lawyer Why is Pleading Guilty NOT the Same as Being Found Guilty?

In a prior blog post and video I explained why pleading guilty to a charge or being found guilty of a charge are UNDER THE LAW =

In this blog and video I give the one big difference between pleading guilty and being found guilty.

If you agree to plea to a charge or charges then you will receive something in return for making less work for the Court, the Judge, the County, the prosecutor, i.e. the system. What you will receive is usually two fold:

1. Leniency

A lighter sentence of punishments. Maybe no jail, or no prison, or no probation, or self monitoring and treatment of a mental and/or chemical issue. Ease of complying with any imposed penalties, maybe weekends in jail or community service.

2. Less Charges (in total) or Lesser Charges

At the start of most cases the prosecutors and the police will charge with the highest levels possible under the law based upon the best perception (view) of their evidence against you. Your deal/plea bargain/agreement will take into consideration lesser charges or lesser number of charges.

Without a Plea Bargain in Place All Bets are Off!

Prosecutors and Judges will likely punish harder and more with a challenge to the evidence. Pushing them to what they believe to be an unnecessary trial places your future in the hands of a jury as to guilt or innocence BUT if they decide guilt then the DA and the Judge are under no restrictions. each situation is unique but your EXPOSURE must be considered by you and your attorney.

Whether this is fair, just, or right is not for this blog post. The reality is this, you make things harder for them watch out.

KEY TAKE AWAY: 

I believe there is a time and place to challenge just about everything but it must be given ample consideration with weighing out benefit and detriment to choices.

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca Cortland Lawyer Why Pleading Guilty is the SAME as Being Found Guilty?

Guilt or Innocence is Really Legal Guilt or Legal Innocence

When you are charged with a crime by the police it is based upon "probable cause." PC is merely reasonable and trustworthy information that a particular person committed a particular offense. With a New York DWI it is usually based upon driving (moving violation) plus odor or alcohol or marijuana plus impaired/intoxicated behavior.

Being found legally guilty requires that they proof each part of their case to the beyond a reasonable doubt level (standard). The Judge will instruct the jury on what reasonable doubt is and means but in their minds (it may mean something else entirely).

Is there Really a Difference if You Just Plead Guilty to a Charge versus Challenging the Evidence (proof) against YOU and Being Found Guilty of the Charge?

The easy and fast answer is that there is NO difference. Whether you plead legally guilty or are found legally guilty you wind up at the same place. You wind up in front of a judge for sentencing (punishment). Under the law, it looks the same on paper, on the final documents.

See my next blog post and video to understand why (pleading to the charge OR being found guilty to the charge) they are NOT exactly the same.

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Ithaca Cortland Lawyer Why Do the Police Usually Charge More than One DWI?

People call me confused, why did I get all these tickets? BTW Tickets, also known as UTTs (uniform traffic tickets) can be at various levels: violations (infractions/non-criminal), misdemeanors and felonies (criminal). You can have and get New York DWI tickets.

People want to know why did the police charge me with this and that? Why? Why? Why? They want to understand what they are up against. They want to know what they are facing from the Court, the District Attorney, .

New York Police Generally Charge More than One DW

The troopers, deputies, and officers will seek to charge more than one DWI. They want to charge multiple DWIs because then there is more for you to defend. Their more complete DWI case against you gets stronger with each and every charge levied. Now you will have to defend not only their personal (professional) opinion of impairment and/or intoxication but also the opinion of a breath or blood test result.

If You take a Breath Test and/or a Blood Test more than One DWI is Inevitable 

Giving a sample of your body fluids is a big decision. Many factors need to be taken into consideration before making it. It is not an easy black/white, yes/no type of choice. It has serious ramifications to not only the strength or weakness of the government's criminal case against you but also the long term consequences to your driving privileges.

If Your Breath or Blood Test Shows .08 BAC or Higher 

If you have a breath or blood test result of .10 BAC (blood alcohol concentration) then the state police will generally only charge you with alcohol related offenses. If less than that then they will re-test blood for other substances like THC. Some prosecutors will specifically send blood back for further testing if there is any indication of polysubstance abuse. Things like finding drugs or paraphernalia in the car will provoke further inquiry and further charges or an attempt at further charges.

If Your Breath or Blood Test Shows .18 BAC or Higher 

Some police and prosecutors will charge both the .08 BAC DWI and the .18 BAC DWI, in addition to the common law DWI. So in total three DWIs. Even though a .08 DWI is a sub set of a .18 DWI.

Can You be Charged with Both Alcohol DWI, and Non-Alcohol (Drug) DWAI Drugs?

You can be charged with both alcohol related DWI charges as well as non alcohol (drug) DWAI drug charges. This is common if the police find marijuana or smell marijuana. This is also common if they see a disconnect between your behavior and your low level of BAC on field or chemical testing of your breath.

KEY TAKEAWAY: 

Remember it is in the police or prosecutor's ultimate discretion to increase (add) charges or decrease (dismiss) charges depending upon the evidence. They have a stronger case of proving one of the DWIs or DWAIs (drug or alcohol) if they charge more than one.

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

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Ithaca DWI Lawyer The Truth About The Interstate Driver's License Compact and NDR

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One thing that I love about the internet is the ability to quickly and thoroughly research. As a lawyer I love language, what words mean, and understanding how things work. So when I encounter interesting information that is not well organized or well understood I see it as an opportunity to clarify.

The Interstate Driver's License Compact

So many attorneys state to state love to look and see if their state or the one their client was arrested belong to the Interstate Driver's License Compact.  Dinosaurs and the Interstate License Compact have a lot in common. Both have had their time, and unfortunately it has passed. Forty Five states (except GA, WI, MA, MI, TN) belong to the compact and share information about problem drivers (tickets, points, DUI/DWI) BUT the new database for problem drivers is NDR (National Driver Registry).

The Pecking Order

United States Government >

DOT (Department of Transportation) >
NHSTA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)>
NDR (National Driver Registry)

The NDR is a Repository for the Government.

A repository is a storage place. It holds records. The state DMVs then deposit in this federal repository. Very simple,  if you get a DUI/DWI/DWAI then your state DMV will report it to the federal repository.
Convicted of either a serious traffic offense (could be criminal or non criminal) OR a DWAI/DWI/DUI (could be criminal or non criminal) then it will be reported (deposited) into the National (Federal) database.

Under Federal law the state agency (DMV) also called the SOR "State of Record" that issues any license suspension, revocation, or license denial must report to the NDR within 31 days of the date they receive the Court conviction.

Convictions Don't Have to Be Criminal

Do not confuse conviction with anything criminal. You can be convicted of a criminal or non-criminal offense. Anything (any conviction) that effects a license is reported. In the world of licenses this is merely word play.

Any state that records that you have outstanding action or lack of compliance with a state/Court mandate:

such as: payment of fees, surcharges, assessments, failure to install an ignition interlock device, failure to complete drug/alcohol assessment/evaluation, or program can place a hold on your license privileges in that state which will then affect your ability to drive (have privileges) any other state

If You are unsure of where (what state) or what (type of hold) is holding you back from either getting or renewing a driver's license:

You Can Get Your NDR Record for FREE

1. Notarized letter requesting NDR file
2. send to

National Driver Registry
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590

3. Full Legal Name, DOB, height, weight, eye color, driver's license number and state (SS is optional)

If you find an issue, you have to take it up with the state of record (SOR) NOT the NDR, remember the NDR is merely the repository.

Any change to the NDR must take place after your state DMV contacts them and fixes it.

Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses.

Originally, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. My father was a NYS corrections officer, and my mother a waitress. I now live in Ithaca, NY with my wife (of 25 plus years), and four kids. I have a B.S. in Human Biology, Doctorates in Law and Chiropractic, and a Post Graduate in Acupuncture. I practiced as a Chiropractic Physician in Florida from 1986 to 1995. I graduated law school in 1997, and went on to practice trial law in FL, NY, NJ, and PA. I love practicing criminal defense and injury law within the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

Over 90% of the cases that I take on are New York DWI defense cases. I am certified as a breath tester by the Department of Transportation, the guidelines of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). I am certified in Field Sobriety Tests, and an active member of the National College of DUI Defense (NCDD). My online materials include over 490 blog posts, dozens of articles, and over 470 informative videos on my youtube channel.

I have co-authored Strategies for Defending DWI Cases in New York, in both 2011 and 2013. These are West Thomson legal manuals on New York State DWI defense, and focus on the best practices for other lawyers handling a New York DWI case. Included in Strategies for Defending DWI Cases in New York are materials I provide clients, such as my fee agreement and ways to avoid misdemeanor probation. I was selected by Super Lawyers as a Upstate New York 2013 Rising Star in DWI/DUI Defense based on my experience, contributions, and professional standing.

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