by Barton Morris | Mar 6, 2020 | Alcohol, Assault and Battery, Barton Morris, Blog, Civil Forfeiture, Domestic Violence, DUI, Expungement, In the News, Juvenile, Probation
The Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration has recently learned that Michigan’s criminal justice system is misusing its jails. This was the conclusion of the task force’s most recent report calling for criminal justice reform in Michigan. In...
by Barton Morris | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Civil Forfeiture, Drug Crimes
What can make a search warrant invalid? The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects its citizens from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” The first step for all searches or seizures in this country is the search warrant. More than 50 years ago,...
by Barton Morris | Feb 20, 2020 | Blog, Firearms
Michigan has two laws that are sometimes confused with one another: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (FIP) and Felony Firearm (FF). The first can be charged any time a person had a firearm on them at the time they committed a felony or attempted to commit a felony....
by Barton Morris | Feb 7, 2020 | Alcohol, Blog, DUI, Substance Abuse
In other states such as Indiana and Ohio, you can be charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI)/Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) criminal offense by driving a human-powered bicycle; but can you get a DUI on a bicycle in Michigan? Facing public intoxication or DUI...
by Barton Morris | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Drivers License Restoration, DUI
If the Secretary of State (SOS) revoked your license for either one or five years, you ‘ll have to apply to have it reinstated at the end of the revocation period. The process involves putting together several different types of evidence, including...
by Barton Morris | Jan 17, 2020 | Alcohol, Barton Morris, Blog, DUI, In the News
A scandal rocked the foundation of the breath alcohol testing program for DUIs in Michigan. The Michigan State Police (MSP) performed a criminal investigation of those whom were relied upon (and paid $1.26m per year) to ensure that the results of alcohol breath tests...
