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Texas Drunk Driving Law

Fourth Edition
J. Gary Trichter, W. Troy McKinney

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TEXAS DRUNK DRIVING LAW; Trichter, J. Gary and W. Troy McKinney (Lexis Publishing, first edition through fourth edition, Austin, Texas, 2 Volumes).

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Articles:

Trichter, J. Gary; Williams, Pat; Expunging DWI Arrest Records , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(February, 2001)

Trichter, J. Gary; Williams, Pat; Texas DWI Prosecutions vs. Double Jeopardy Protection , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(April, 2000)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, DWI Defense Witness Preparation: How to Compete With The Testimony of Experienced Police Witnesses , The Champion (Journal for The National Association of Criminal Defense License)(January/February, 2000)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, DWI Defense Witness Preparation: How to Compete With The Testimony of Experienced Police Witnesses , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(September, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, Pilots, DWI, The FAA and Legal Malpractice: How to Protect Two Licenses at the Same Time: Yours and Your Client's , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(June, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, Pilots, Drunk Driving, Administrative License Suspensions, The FAA and Legal Malpractice , The Champion (Journal for The National Association of Criminal Defense License)(June, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, A Citizen's Guide: Knowing the DWI Laws and Your Rights , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(July/August 1998)

Trichter, J. Gary, Samuelson, Chris, Motion to declare Section 724.061, Tex.Trans.Code Unconstitutional as Applied and to Suppress and Preclude State From Offering Breath Test Refusal Evidence Absent a Showing of a Proper Predicate, and, Alternatively, Request for Jury Instruction that the Defendant's Refusal Cannot be Considered as Evidence of Guilt , The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)(January/February, 1997)

Trichter, J. Gary, Challenging Improper Statutory Breath Test Warnings , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(October, 1996)

Trichter, J. Gary, Peña, Michael, DWI Field Sobriety Testing: A Common Sense Voir Dire and Cross-Examination to Show the Tests are Designed to Cause Failure , The Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) (January/February, 1996)

Trichter, J. Gary, Peña, Michael, 0.10 ALR Suspensions and DWI Prosecutions , The Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(September 1995)

Trichter, J. Gary; Peña, Michael, The 10 Commandments for Detoxifying the Intoxilyzer 5000 , The Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) (June 1995)

Trichter, J. Gary; McKinney, Troy; and, Peña, Michael, Demonstrative Evidence in DUI Cases , The Champion, (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) (May 1995)

Trichter, J. Gary Trichter; McKinney, Troy; and, Peña, Michael, DWI Demonstrative Evidence: Show and Tell the Easy Way, Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) (April 1995)

Trichter, J. Gary, A Little Scholarship and a Little Humor-Surviving in a World with DWI Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), February 1994

Trichter, J. Gary; DWI: What Every Client Should Know. The State Bar Journal Volume 56, No. 3 - April, 1993.

Trichter, J. Gary; Highway Drug Couriers: A Nuts and Bolts Approach to Creative Defense Against Pretext and Profile Stops The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - March, 1993).

Trichter, J. Gary; Drug Couriers: Pretext and Profile Highway Stops , The Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association), Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 1992.

Trichter, J. Gary; Getting Back to Nuts and Bolts: Dismissals for Destruction of Exculpatory Evidence , The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - March, 1992).

Trichter, J. Gary; An Outline of Question Areas in DWI Prosecutions , The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - April, 1991).

Trichter, J. Gary; Twenty-five Practice Gems in Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer in DWI Prosecutions , The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - March, 1991).

Trichter, J. Gary; What Everyone Should Know About DWI , Houston Bar J., 28 The Houston Lawyer No. 2 (September/October 1990).

Trichter, J. Gary; Representing Putative Sexual Assault Defendants Before the Grand Jury , Trial Lawyers Forum, Vol. No. 23, No. 2, (1989).

Trichter, J. Gary; Putting on a Defense Before the Grand Jury: Representing the Putative Defendant in a Sexual Assault Case , Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) (Feb. 1989).

Trichter, J. Gary; The Civil Lawyer and DWI: What You Tell Your Client When he Calls From the Police Station , 50 Tex. Bar J., No. 10 (Nov. 1987).

Trichter, J. Gary; What Every Civil Lawyer Should Know About DWI and the Late Night Telephone Call , Houston Bar J., 24 The Houston Lawyer No. 5 (March/April 1987).

Trichter, J. Gary and Reina, Leonard, P.; A DWI Suspect's Right to Assistance of Counsel at the Chemical Test Video Motor Skills Demonstration Request Stage --The Aftermath of Forte and McCambridge , Voice for the Defense (Oct. 1986).

Trichter, J. Gary and Shelsy, Marshall, Intoxilyzer Evidence: An Examination of the Constitutional Sufficiency of Law Enforcement's Test of Convenience . Voice for the Defense (Dec. 1985) (Reprinted in TEXAS DRUNK DRIVING LAW January 1986).

Ackerman, John and Trichter, J. Gary, DWI: Is The "Per Se" 0.10% Solution Constitutional ?, TEXAS DRUNK DRIVING LAW (January 1986).

Trichter, Joseph Gary, and Lewis, Peter W., Informed Consent: The Three Tests and a Modest Proposal for Reality and the Patient as an Individual , 21 S. Tex. L.J. 155 (1981). Cited with approval in Peterson v. Shields , 652 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. 1983).

Lewis, Peter W. and Trichter, Joseph Gary, The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights - A New Look at an Old Problem , 2 Washburn L.J. 195 (1981).

Trichter, Joseph Gary and Patterson, Joseph, Police Radar, 1980: Hasthe Black Box Lost Its Magic ?, 11 St. Mary's L.J. 4 (1980).

Trichter, Joseph Gary, Informed Consent: The Patient as an Individual - A Modest Proposal for a Patient Option to Centerbury v. Spence , 15 A.B.A. Forum 3 (1980).

Trichter, Joseph Gary and Lewis, Peter W., The Grand Jury: Putative Grand Jury Witnesses and the Right to Limited Assistance of Counsel - A Historical Overview and Modest Proposal , 20 S. Tex. L.J. 81 (1979).


Aviation Articles

Trichter, J. Gary; Engine Out: Our B-25 Adventure , Warbirds Magazine (March, 2002, Vol. 25, No. 2);

Trichter, J. Gary; , Warbirds Magazine (February, 2002, Vol. 25, No. 1); Earning Honorary Naval Aviator Wings: A Visit to USS Harry S. Truman

Trichter, J. Gary; Where There's Smoke. , AOPA Pilot Magazine (September, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris, Pilots, DWI, The FAA and Legal Malpractice: How to Protect Two Licenses at the Same Time: Yours and Your Client's , Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)(June, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary, Hard-Learned Lessons , Private Pilot Magazine (March, 1999)

Trichter, J. Gary; Trichter, Tiffany, Back to the Future in Aviation , Private Pilot Magazine (December 1997)


 

 

 
DWI Citizens Guide
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»Introduction
»FAQ's: DWI Law
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»Implied Consent
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