{"id":517,"date":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/will-i-need-an-expert-for-my-michigan-dui-case\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:40:18","slug":"will-i-need-an-expert-for-my-michigan-dui-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/will-i-need-an-expert-for-my-michigan-dui-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Will I Need an Expert for My Michigan DUI Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Yes, Expert Witnesses and Expert Lawyers are Often Necessary for a Michigan DUI Case.<\/h3>\n<p>The reason this is so important is that a Michigan drunk driving arrest will nearly always involve scientific evidence such as a breath or blood test. When death or serious injury is involved, additional expertise in traffic reconstruction is necessary. Retaining a lawyer who understands this evidence is essential, and so is a lawyer who knows how to find and use appropriately qualified expert witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>A new United States Supreme Court case involves just these issues<a href=\"#_edn1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[i]<\/a>. Here the court took up a case involving the interplay between the requirements for effective assistance of counsel and the necessity to hire expert witnesses \u2013 just as with any Michigan drunk driving case.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved a murder occurring during an after-hours robbery of a restaurant. There was a similar robbery at another restaurant, which also involved a shooting. A total of six .38 caliber bullets were retrieved from both crime scenes. A .38 caliber revolver was found at the suspect Hinton\u2019s home, and the prosecutor sought to link Hinton to both murders. The revolver and six bullets were the only physical evidence. Thus, the state\u2019s case turned on whether the prosecutor\u2019s expert witnesses could match the gun to the bullets found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/will-i-need-an-expert-for-my-michigan-dui-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Will I Need an Expert for My Michigan DUI Case?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Expert Witnesses and Expert Lawyers are Often Necessary for a Michigan DUI Case. The reason this is so important is that a Michigan drunk driving arrest will nearly always involve scientific evidence such as a breath or blood test. When death or serious injury is involved, additional expertise in traffic reconstruction is necessary. 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