This is the NCDD plaque that’s too heavy to hang on the wall. My name is Attorney Marc Lopez, and I operate the Marc Lopez Law Firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. When you walk into my office in downtown Indianapolis, you see a large, black granite-type thing that...
On October 26, 2018 Attorney Matt Kroes, with the Marc Lopez Law Firm, argued to the Indiana Court of appeals that a conviction for DUI / OVWI for the firm’s client should be reversed due to an incorrectly administered breath test on the EC/IR II and because the...
The Intoximeters EC/IR II certified breath test machine looks like a computer from the 1980s If you’ve read our blog on Indiana’s statutory presumption, you’re already aware of the concept of a certified chemical test. Portable breath test...
If you’ve read our blog on the elements of DUI / OVWI, you know that in order to be convicted in Indiana, the State must prove that you: operated a vehicle while intoxicated Of these four essential elements, one is objectively the most difficult to prove: while. In...
If you get into a car accident today, should that give the State the opportunity to punish you for having gone to a party a few weeks ago? Indiana says, Yes, it should. Under Indiana’s DUI / OVWI statute, if you operate a vehicle with a controlled substance or its...
When you’re arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVWI, more commonly known as DUI), it may feel like the deck is stacked against you. As any honest Indiana DUI lawyer will tell you, it is. Maybe you had the privilege of spending the night in jail. Maybe...
