Arizona DUI Defense: The Law and Practice - Rilegato

Nesci, James

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ISBN 10: 1936360098 ISBN 13: 9781936360093

Casa editrice: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co, 2012

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For even the most seasoned Arizona attorney, defending DUI cases has always presented special challenges. Today mounting a successful defense is more difficult than ever. Now you have the advantage with Arizona DUI Defense: The Law and Practice, Third Edition. This newly revised and expanded text and DVD contain more information than ever to help you attain a successful verdict.Written by James Nesci, Board Certified by the National College for DUI Defense and Arizona DUI law expert, Arizona DUI Defense: The Law and Practice, Third Edition ensures that you understand the chemical, biological and technological concepts and issues underlying DUI prosecution and defense in the State of Arizona. Mr. Nesci provides the most up-to-date information available on key areas of DUI law in the state of Arizona including: DUI Investigations, Driving and Field Sobriety Testing, Drug Recognition, Evaluation and Chemical Testing, Blood Alcohol Calculations, Pre-trial Investigations and Motions, Practice, Plea Offers and Agreements, DUI Trial Procedures, and more. This third edition is significantly larger than the previous one, and includes over 150 new cases, SB1200 revisions, and revised and expanded sections on DUI checkpoints, black boxes, Canadian immigration, chromatography, DUI sentencing, cross-examination, DRE officers, and more, making this text the most important book to have with you in all phases of a DUI case, from investigation to trial.Many practical tools and applications designed to streamline and simplify the complex DUI defense process have been developed along with this book. They are all included on a bonus DVD--so you can locate, review and print them out in a matter of seconds. The companion DVD for the third edition has been revised and expanded and includes NHTSA studies, articles and visual detection videos, as well as expanded sections on Arizona law and procedure.Book Topics Include: Types of DUI Role of the Motor Vehicle Division Pre-trial investigation DUI investigations Driving behavior Field sobriety testing Drug Recognition Chemical testing for alcohol and drugs Blood alcohol calculations Use of expert witnesses Pre-trial motions Plea Offers Revised sentencing charts Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure Sections I-VII DUI jury trial information Client relations Ethics and advertising Arizona Rules of Evidence Notices of proposed rulemaking DVD topics include: USDOT "Drugs That Impair Driving" student manual and teacher manual Color-coded "DUI Mandatory Sentencing Chart" USDOT "DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing" student manual and teacher manual SFST validation studies USDOT "SFST Refresher Training Course" student manual and teacher manual Arizona rules nand regulations MVD court abstracts NHTSA "The Detection of DWI Motorcyclists" brochure NHTSA " Use of Sobriety Checkpoints for DUI" article NHTSA driving and blood alcohol concentration studies NHTSA visual detection (videos) And more!

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James Nesci is a 1994 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law and is a partner in the firm Nesci & St. Louis, P.L.L.C. where, in addition to writing books on DUI defense, he works on large-scale challenges to DUI laws and investigatory techniques. Mr. Nesci is AV-Rated® by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America® for 2010.In 1999 Mr. Nesci became a Sustaining Member of the National College for DUI Defense. In 2001, he was Board Certified by the National College for DUI Defense, Inc. He is the only Board Certified attorney in the State of Arizona and one of less than fifty in the nation (as of January 2012). Board Certification is recognized by the American Bar Association. In 2006, he was appointed Regent of the National College for DUI Defense. He was formerly the chair of the Curriculum Committee for the NCDD, is a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee and often serves as an oral argument judge for the Board Certification Committee.He is the author of Arizona DUI Defense: The Law and Practice, Third Edition, a legal treatise written for DUI defense attorneys and published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company. He is a contributing author for the Fifth Edition of the treatise Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol, which is a text used by forensic toxicologists across the world and serves as the text for the Borkenstein School at Indiana University.His firm's practice is devoted almost entirely to defense of vehicular crimes. At any one time, he typically defends between fifteen and twenty DUI cases in several jurisdictions. He is one of only a handful of attorneys in the nation who is well-versed in Driving Under the Influence of Drugs cases.Mr. Nesci often defends cases well into the .30 blood-alcohol range. He has caught more than one police officer lying during cross-examination and some police officers have even refused to grant pre-trial interviews to him without a prosecutor or their own counsel present. He was one of the lead attorneys on the Intoximeters® RBT-IV breath-testing issue in Southern Arizona which resulted in the suppression of breath tests in over 7,000 cases and the removal of the RBT-IV from the streets of Arizona. He also spear-headed the effort to obtain the manufacturer's source code and software for the CMI Intoxilyzer 8000. Although the source code was never obtained, he almost single-handedly ground 90 percent of all DUI prosecutions within the City of Tucson to a halt for nearly three years and obtained breath test suppressions and dismissals in hundreds of DUI cases.He has represented former Supremes lead singer Diana Ross and Tampa Bay Buccaneers' tight end Jerramy Stevens on Extreme DUI charges and fitness guru Richard Simmons on an assault charge.Mr. Nesci is a team-player within the Southern Arizona DUI defense community. He is often involved in large-scale challenges to DUI investigative methods and chemical testing. His opinion is sought by DUI attorneys across the nation on various issues. He is one of only a handful of attorneys in the country who holds a DOT-Compliant Permit to operate an Intoxilyzer® 8000. He owns both an Intoxilyzer 5000 and 8000 which are used for in-court demonstrations and for research purposes. He is qualified to administer Standardized Field Sobriety Tests under National Highway Traffic Safety Administration & International Association of Chiefs of Police Guidelines.Mr. Nesci has lectured from coast-to-coast for such organizations as The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Arizona State University College of Law Alumni Association, the University of Mississippi CLE Department, South Texas College of Law CLE Department, Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Arizona Public Defenders Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, City of Phoenix and Maricopa County Public Defender's Offices, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Indiana Public Defender's Council, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maricopa County Bar Association, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, the Mexican-American Bar Association at Loyola, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National College for DUI Defense, the Nevada State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pima County Bar Association, Pima County Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Tucson City Public Defender's Office and the Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice.He has taught seminars on the subjects of Ethics, Fourth Amendment Law, Drug Recognition Evaluations (DUI-Drugs/DRE), Cross-Examination, Trial Tactics, Jury Selection, Field Sobriety Testing, Blood Alcohol Calculations, Opening and Closing Arguments, Source Code Litigation, Frye and Daubert Challenges, Intoxilyzer 8000 Operator's Course, Headspace Gas Chromatography, Blood and Breath Testing. He is a frequent guest of the John C. Scott radio program in Tucson. The Tucson Weekly named Mr. Nesci “King of the DUI Defense” (December 19, 2002). He has appeared on CNN, Inside Edition, Celebrity Justice, Fox News, Access Hollywood, Court TV and National Public Radio.Mr. Nesci is married with twin daughters. He is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy. His interests are traveling, fine wines, port and fast cars. He is an amateur race car driver, mechanic, and a Corvette fanatic.

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• Editore: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1936360098
• ISBN 13: 9781936360093
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 522