Legal Articles

If you live in or commute through Howard County Maryland, drinking and driving is not a good idea. Maryland has strict laws against drinking and driving. The state police also have a strict enforcement policy. With several major north south highways running through Howard County, both the state and local police are diligent in their [...]

As a Howard County DUI practitioner I have handled countless cases where people have attempted to use their vehicle to sleep off a rough night of drinking and found themselves charged with DUI/DWI.  It is of paramount importance to understand that “driving” for purposes of DUI law does not mean “driving” in the classic sense of [...]

BY: David Zwanetz, Esq., Shapiro & Mack, Howard County, Maryland
As an attorney dedicating substantial time to the field of Maryland DUI law, specifically Howard County DUI law, I remain shocked at the number of my clients who come to me completely uninformed on the laws pertaining to alcohol usage while driving.  In fact, the most [...]

The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in the United States, under constitutional law, which holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for a criminal prosecution in a court of law. It is prophylactic rule formulated by the judiciary in order to protect individuals’ constitutional right. [...]