While I appreciate feedback or praise from prosecutors, both win and lose, I also appreciate when other defense lawyers tell me that my DWI book helped them in a case. This week, another defense lawyer asked me about getting a copy of my book "Drunk driving & drugged driving defense - New Hampshire Defense Lawyer Edition" after she was loaned a copy by the public defender's officer. The defense lawyer went on to say she obtained a not guilty verdict in a DWI drug case where the officer was a DRE (drug recognition expert). DWI drug cases can be amongst the most difficult dwi cases. The attorney appreciated the chapter in my book with sample cross examination questions.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Fake-Intoxilyzer-tests-invalidate-stacks-of-1722652.php

"More than 1,200 Harris County DWI convictions will be set aside and the cases revisited, prosecutors said Friday after the sentencing of Deetrice Wallace, a Department of Public Safety contractor who faked inspections of alcohol breath testing devices."

"About 1,000 defendants convicted of driving while intoxicated can petition for a retrial without evidence submitted by Wallace, the prosecutor said. Some defendants had more than one case affected."

"Buess prosecuted Wallace for three counts of tampering with a governmental record, a state jail felony. State District Judge Jeannine Barr sentenced her to a year behind bars."

"In court documents, Wallace told investigators that she had falsified inspection records for both the South Houston and Clute police department Intoxilyzers."

Yet another reason of we need cruiser videos in New Hampshire. (Besides showing all the mistakes the officer's make and slurred speech that magically disappears or isn't there)

This arrested drunk guy sings bohemian rhapsody and manages to make fun of the police in the last sentence of the song. (And how many drunk people can remember all the words to this song? (complete with vocals for the musical instruments)

http://www.suntimes.com/11544533-417/drunken-man-had-blood-alcohol-level-of-0552-percent.html

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Police in Northwest Indiana said a man they found unconscious along the side of a road had a staggering blood-alcohol level seven times the legal limit.

James Henderson, 28, of Valparaiso, was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning with with a blood-alcohol level of 0.552 percent."

For most people .30 is a coma, and .40 is usually death. Although, one can die from alcohol poisoning with a blood alcohol content less than .3

Belvedere vodka manufacturer apologizes for ad making light of sexual assault

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/belvedere-vodka-apologizes-ad-making-light-sexual-assault-184827807.html

"The ad, posted to its Facebook page on Saturday, shows a distressed woman being groped from behind by a man alongside the copy: "UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE, BELVEDERE ALWAYS GOES DOWN SMOOTHLY."

Following a swift backlash, the company removed the image and its president issued an apology on Facebook: