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	<description>DUI News and Commentary from Kapsack &#038; Bair, LLP -- a law firm dedicated to defending California DUI 's</description>
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		<title>Justice Roberts Rails Against the Fourth Amendment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently Chief Justice Roberts fired off an opinion against most of his fellow Justices for not agreeing to review a case from Virginia regarding a DUI stop from an anonymous caller.  The Virginia case was simple; someone called 911 anonymously to report an alleged drunk driver.  Officers responded and found a vehicle matching the caller’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/10/justice-roberts-rails-against-the-fourth-amendment/</link>
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		<title>Deposition of Marcelline Burns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although it goes back to 1988, lately we&#8217;ve been getting requests for a copy of the transcript of the deposition Marcelline Burns conducted by Kapsack and Bair.
As experts in the field, you will recall that she is the person most responsible for legitimizing field sobriety tests. What many of you may not know is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/10/deposition-of-marcelline-burns/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Canada, Now go home&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the winter Olympics approach we are contacted be more and more persons who are planning on traveling to British Columbia to see some of the events in Whistler.  Many of the persons contacting us have read about Canada&#8217;s prohibition of person&#8217;s charged and/or convicted of driving under the influence in the United States. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/09/welcome-to-canada-now-go-home/</link>
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		<title>New Review for Innovative DUI Trial Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize not everyone receives The Champion &#8211; the trade magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), so I thought I would mention Allen Trapp&#8217;s review of Innovative DUI Trial Tools in the July issue.
Allen who serves as Georgia&#8217;s Delegate to the NCDD points out that not all of the techniques will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/09/new-review-for-innovative-dui-trial-tools/</link>
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		<title>Quote in LawyersUSA Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the recent story by Sylvia Hsiehin in LawyersUSA on the ramifications of  Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, I provided some clarification on the scope of the ruling.
Melendez will be an issue only in criminal DUI prosecutions, not in civil or administrative hearings, noted Bruce Kapsack a criminal defense attorney with Kapsack &#38; Bair in San [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/07/quote-in-lawyersusa-story/</link>
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		<title>United State Supreme Court Reaffirms The Constitutional Right Of Confrontation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a decision that has major implications for citizens accused of driving under the influence (DUI), the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Melendez-Diaz vs. Massachusetts.  Mr. Diaz was accused of possessing drugs, and pursuant to the usual procedures the alleged drug was sent to a crime lab for analysis.  Rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2009/06/united-state-supreme-court-reaffirms-the-constitutional-right-of-confrontation/</link>
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		<title>80% of CHP to Work Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a press release (following a press conference) the California Highway Patrol announced that up to 80% of the entire force will be working the holiday weekend from December 28, 2007 through midnight January 1, 2008.  The funding for this incredible display of law enforcement is a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2008/12/80-of-chp-to-work-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Innovative DUI Trial Tools Getting Great Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My latest book &#8212; Innovative DUI Trial Tools &#8212; has been getting some really nice reviews by lawyers across the country. This type of feedback from actual practitioners is encouragement.
I recently bought Innovative DUI Trial Tools ($99 at http://www.jamespublishing.com/books/dui.htm ), and have now read it cover to cover. I took away at least 10 gems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2008/11/innovative-dui-trial-tools-getting-great-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Not all DUI Drivers are Alcoholics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazingly, someone realized that not every person pulled over for DUI is an alcoholic.  It seems crazy to me that anyone would believe that a DUI driver is an alcoholic, in fact, some are not guilty of driving under the influence, not mention that many more may be guilty of making a bad decision [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2008/09/not-all-dui-drivers-are-drunks/</link>
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		<title>Judge Declares San Francisco DUI Roadblock Unconstitutional</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday the 22nd of 2006, Judge Gorgi of the San Francisco Superior Court ruled
that a San Francisco police roadblock from last September violated the Constitutional rights of drivers.  In two separate DUI defense cases, I was  able  to  successfully argue that the roadblock, set up on Geary at Steiner, did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.duidefender.org/2008/08/judge-declares-san-francisco-dui-roadblock-unconstitutional/</link>
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