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Many people treat breath testing and field sobriety tests as infallible means of gauging someone's chemical intoxication. However, chemical breath tests and field sobriety tests can provide misleading or inaccurate results. Sometimes, the person administering the test...
Under both Tennessee and federal law, it is illegal to commit an act of physical violence against another person. A physical altercation could lead to allegations of assault, while an incident involving a weapon might result in homicide charges. Those accused of...
A little over a decade ago, politicians could run for office with very few official policy stances. Just claiming to be tough on drugs was enough to get voters to back someone. Social attitudes about drug use have changed drastically in recent years. Between an...
There are all kinds of reasons that a person may want to challenge DUI charges lodged against them. They may think that the police officer was targeting them or that they failed the Breathalyzer test because it was not given appropriately. DUI charges can be extremely...
Your neighbors probably mean well, even if they cause legal problems for you. Maybe you know them closely, so they worry about you when something sounds wrong at your house. Maybe you only ever see them to wave in passing as you roll out your trash canisters for...
Drug charges can negatively influence your life for many years to come. If you’re facing them, something you need to understand is that a simple act of possession could become a charge for intending to distribute drugs if you possessed enough for the prosecution to...
While the way you look shouldn’t be a factor in the outcome of a criminal case, you should know that it could be. This is particularly true in cases where you have to be judged before a jury. How much do your looks matter? Physical attractiveness, psychologically,...
If you had a DUI in your past and are facing a DUI again, now is a good time to look at the kinds of penalties that you could face. Even a first-time DUI is negative in Tennessee, but a second, third, fourth or subsequent charge will be treated much more strictly. If...
If you are stopped by the police and charged for a DUI, it is important that you look into defending yourself. You could be facing the loss of your license, fees and fines, jail time, or other penalties. If you are convicted of drinking and driving, that conviction...
Checkpoints or traffic stops result in countless motorists facing driving under the influence (DUI) charges annually in Tennessee. Unless a motorist knows someone who has been stopped on such an occasion, it's unlikely that they'd know what happens during a DUI stop....
