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Read More! November 29, 2022

What Happens At A Pretrial In An OWI Case? Pre-trial Conferences (also known as Status Conferences) are early-stage proceedings where the case sets off into one of two directions:  Towards litigation, or towards case negotiation/resolution. Litigatio...

Read More! November 29, 2022

A mom is out grocery shopping and bumps the car next to hers. She sees only slight damage to the other car and goes about her day shopping.  A teenage driver hits a mailbox while backing out of a friend’s house and keeps on going. A professiona...

Read More! November 29, 2022

When someone is arrested for OWI, the officer generates a DI-177 form to provide to the driver. A copy of this form is sent directly to the Michigan Secretary of State. That notifies the Secretary of State that a person has been arrested for an OWI and mi...

Read More! November 29, 2022

Retail Fraud is an overly-complicated legal term--it simply means “Shoplifting.” In Michigan, a person who takes property (e.g. food, candy, clothing) from a store that’s open to the public will be charged with the crime of Retail Fraud....

Read More! November 28, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

This month, two young clients of Geherin Law Group, PLLC. can breathe a huge sigh of relief and put their lives back together after being falsely accused of criminal wrongdoing.   Charles [1] is a student at the University of Michigan who was wr...

Read More! October 14, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

What Is The “Implied Consent Law” In Michigan? When a Michigan resident applies for a driver’s license, he or she has “impliedly consented” to take a chemical test at the reasonable request of a police officer. If a police of...

Read More! October 14, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

OWI Causing Serious Injury On rare occasions, drivers who are intoxicated or impaired by alcohol/controlled substances are involved in accidents in which other drivers or pedestrians are seriously injured. In Michigan, OWI Causing Serious Bodily Injury me...

Read More! October 14, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

OWI Special Circumstances In Michigan, sometimes an arrest for a first-time OWI can have enhanced/aggravated consequences, even if the blood alcohol level is low and even if there was no accident or injury.  For example, if the driver has children in...

Read More! October 14, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

When It Comes To Multiple OWI Convictions, Does Michigan Have A “Look-Back Period?” The most crucial “look-back period” in Michigan is a seven-year period of time between offenses. Drivers who suffer an arrest for an OWI (drugs or ...

Read More! October 14, 2022 | By Daniel T. Geherin

In Michigan, a drunk driving conviction can have life-altering effects on a person’s freedom, job, and future. There are many direct and indirect consequences following an arrest for alcohol or drug-related driving offenses—including the poten...