Creative Solutions For Preventing And Resolving Legal Problems
Criminal convictions result in court-imposed sentences, but they also inspire collateral consequences that can have significant impacts on a person’s life. Collateral consequences can make it hard to find a job or a place to live. They can affect a person’s ability to...
A field sobriety test (FST) is a physical task that a police officer asks a driver to perform so that the officer can assess whether or not the motorist in question is impaired. The results of a field test can serve as evidence of impairment, although it cannot serve...
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVI) charges are relatively common. People often get arrested after random traffic stops and collisions either because they demonstrate visible impairment or they fail field sobriety and/or chemical tests. After an OVI arrest in...
As more powerful and toxic illegal drugs have made their way across America, fatal overdose rates have climbed. There’s no doubt that some of these fatalities could have been avoided if the person overdosing or someone who was with them hadn’t feared that if they...
Motorists in Ohio generally need to follow the law, but they also have a basic right to privacy. There's a bit of tension between those two ideas, especially if a police officer tries to claim that someone did something in traffic that would put others at risk. When...
For some people, the thought of getting an operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI) charge doesn't seem like that big a deal. Especially if they just had a few drinks and the situation that led to the charges didn't involve a crash or injuries. However, Ohio...
The average person doesn't understand their rights well enough to be their own advocate in court or while dealing with the police. People might not understand the federal and Ohio rules that protect them or that limit their rights. For example, many people know that...
Ohioans who like to celebrate things with a bang have been required to stick to sparklers and a few other types of pyrotechnics. Fireworks haven’t been legal for consumer use in the state. That will change on July 1 thanks to a law signed in November by Gov. Mike...
If you’re a CourtTV fan, you may think that full-blown criminal trials are the norm, but they’re not. The vast majority of criminal cases are resolved through plea deals of one kind or another. Plea deals are convenient for the state, because they’re a guaranteed...
A police officer approaches you and asks you for identification. The way that he or she says it, you know that the officer expects you to comply. But does that mean that you have to do so? Are you legally obligated to identify yourself just because the officer wants...
