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Applications are now being accepted for Assistant Appellate Defenders. Check out the posting and learn why SADO is such a great place to work. Read more
Revisiting Jail Credit for Multiple Offenses
Efforts to secure jail credit can lead to mutters and clenched teeth when a defense attorney tries, without success, to secure credit for a client’s pre-trial confinement in a situation where the defendant has been arrested on multiple charges. Read more
Introducing the Intoxilyzer 9000 – Michigan’s New Breath Test Instrument
Something is about to happen in Michigan that has not happened in at least half a century. The Michigan State Police is about to introduce a breath test instrument manufactured by a company other than National Patent Analytic Systems (“NPAS”). Read more
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