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Can You get arrested for drunk driving in your own Driveway?

Posted July 26th, 2017 - Under Criminal Defense, DUI, Recent News

Can you get arrested for driving drunk in your own driveway? Per a recent Michigan Supreme Court Case, the answer is YES! Northville police were investigating complaints of loud music, when they saw Mr. Rea pull his car out of, and then back into, his garage, in his own driveway. Read more

Hundreds of mandatory-life teen defendants eligible for re-sentencing

Posted April 6th, 2016 - Under Constitutional Law, Criminal Defense, Criminal Law, Juvenile Law, Recent News

The State is wrestling with how to re-sentence hundreds of Michigan defendants who were ordered as teens to serve mandatory life in prison without parole. In 2012, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing a person under 18 to life in prison without parole constituted cruel and unusual punishment, Read more

Michigan’s Sentencing Guidelines ruled unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court

Posted July 31st, 2015 - Under Criminal Defense, Recent News

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that Michigan’s Sentencing Guidelines, which have been used for many years to calculate a defendant’s sentencing guideline range after they are convicted of a felony, are unconstitutional, because they improperly constrain judicial discretion. The Court stated that the Sentencing Guidelines should only be used Read more

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