by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Nov 14, 2020 | Chemical Test, DUI, OVWI
According to common understanding, the term DUI refers to drunk driving. This assumption is frequently correct, but not always. In the State of Indiana, DUI is an informal name for what’s officially called OVWI, or operating a vehicle while intoxicated. There...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Aug 27, 2020 | Chemical Test, DUI, OVWI
The State of Indiana has two options for charging you with DUI / OVWI. On the one hand, it can claim that you drove while intoxicated. This can be shown through circumstantial evidence, including the odor of alcohol, slurred speech, unsteady balance, and...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Aug 7, 2020 | Chemical Test, Defense to DUI / OVWI, Defenses, DUI, OVWI
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...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 28, 2019 | Checkpoint, Chemical Test, DUI, Implied Consent, OVWI
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...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 3, 2019 | Chemical Test, Defense to DUI / OVWI, DUI, Implied Consent, OVWI, Rights
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...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Sep 13, 2019 | Chemical Test, Defenses, DUI, OVWI
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...
