http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com Mississippi dui lawyers serving North Mississippi offering flat fee pricing Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not sure just yet. However I did hear on my drive to work this morning that the Mississippi Highway Patrol issued over 5,000 tickets this past holiday weekend and that the majority were for DUI. That means that, according to the highway patrol, at least 2,500 arrests were made for ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/how-many-dui-tickets-were-given-over-july-4th-weekend-in-mississippi.php Although our Mississippi dui blog is a relative baby when it comes to criminal law blogs we're already beginning the process of updating it. In the coming weeks look for a whole new feel to the site. We're working on making the interface easier to navigate, loading the site full of ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/a-brand-new-look-is-coming-to-themississippiduilawyercom-soon.php Only time will tell. We do feel that we offer some of the best and most up to date information on the web concerning Mississippi and Tennessee DUI laws and possession laws. Jamie Spencer over at the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer blog is holding a survey to see which criminal law blogs ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/are-we-one-of-the-best-criminal-defense-blogs-on-the-web.php Mississippi Highway Patrol and local police and sheriff's departments will be stepping up DUI enforcement over the summer. Law Enforcement agencies usually begin ramping up their DUI arrests around Memorial Day weekend, and usually contiue through Labor Day weekend. If you want to avoid being convicted for a DUI here in Mississippi then memorize these ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/mississippi-dui-defense-attorney-how-tos-how-to-avoid-a-dui-this-summer.php In my last post I wrote how there seem to be a disproportinally high number of duis coming from college towns such as Starkville and Oxford, MS. So today I wanted to actually post a statistic.  According to the Starkvill Sheriff's department and Starkville Police department, in 2007 there were roughly ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/starkville-mississippi-dui-statistics.php Q. I took a breathalyzer test and failed it. Why should I hire an attorney? I thought this meant there is nothing I can do and am guilty of DUI. A. You should always have a DUI attorney look at your case and analyze the facts. It's possible that the officer ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/q-a-regarding-your-dui-charge.php In college towns such as Starkville and Oxford there always seem to be a disproportionally high number of arrests for DUI relative to their population. Of course part of this is due to the large amount of students living in town. However, this isn't the only reason for such high numbers of ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/are-there-dui-witch-hunts-in-starkville-and-oxford.php Last week we represented a client from out-of-state who was arrested and charged with DUI second offense in Tunica County and possession of Marijuana in a motor vehicle. This client retained our law firm less than 16 hours before his trial date. Although we normally do not accept DUI cases under such time constraints we chose ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/war-storeis-mississippi-dui-second-offense-charges-reduced.php In my last two posts I've discussed the Mississippi laws in regards to misdemeanor possession of marijuana and misdemeanor possession in a motor vehicle. Today I'm going to look at the penalties for possession with itent to sell. The first thing to look at is defining what possession with intent means. It's really ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/possession-of-marijuana-with-intent-to-sell-in-mississippi-the-fines-and-jail-time.php If you were to go to any Mississippi criminal lawyer every one of them would tell you that you don't want to be convicted of Misdemeanor Possession of Less than 30 grams of Marijuana in a Motor Vehicle because you will almost always serve some type of jail time. What are ... http://www.themississippiduilawyer.com/the-fines-and-penalties-for-being-arrested-for-possession-of-less-than-30-grams-of-marijuana-in-a-motor-vehicle.php