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What is the name of your state? OH As an attorney here in Ohio I had a client that recently hired my law firm state he had received some advice from this website. (Which was completely false) Curious, we decided to see what this site was. Of the several posts we viewed, we only found 2 accurate...

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Criminal Refusal law went into effect September of 2004 An amendment to HB 163 which was effective September 23, 2004. It states that if you have a prior offense within the last 20 years it becomes a criminal offense to refuse a blood, urine or breath test. This therefore doubles all mandatory...

this is not double jeopardy Double Jeopardy only applies if the Judge dismisses the case (with prejudice) or the court finds you not guilty. (Judge or Jury) If an officer makes a mistake on a ticket for example, the case can be dismissed and refilled correctly. Understand that an attorney's...

DUI/OVI is a traffic offense Ohio In the state of Ohio an OVI/OMVI/DUI "charge" is consider a traffic offense, if you refuse a breath blood or urine (and have a prior inside 20 years) it can then be seperately charged as a CR or criminal offense. The conviction however is located under criminal...