by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Mar 3, 2017 | Jail Time, Rights
It’s a phone call that no one wants to get. It comes at an odd hour from an unrecognized number, but the voice on the other end of the line is familiar: “I’m in trouble. I got arrested.” Unless you’re unlucky enough to have fielded this...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Feb 4, 2017 | DUI, OVWI
The Marc Lopez Law Firm is attending Indianapolis’s 9th Annual Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest. At Winterfest, beer lovers can try 3-ounce samples of over 100 Indiana beers. At some point, Attorney Marc Lopez was asked by a friend, “How many...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Dec 13, 2016 | DUI, OVWI
Dec. 10, 2016 The second day of the National College of DUI Defense’s Serious Science Drug Seminar started with a pharmacology presentation from Dr. Steven Oakes, whose focus was on the drugs most commonly associated with DUI / OVWI arrests. Dr....
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dec. 11, 2016 The entire third day was spent on the University of Texas-Arlington campus at the Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry. The name of the game: learning by doing. In addition to Dr. Kevin Schug, two post-doctoral students and three graduate...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Dec 9, 2016 | Defense to DUI / OVWI, Defenses, DUI, OVWI
December 9, 2016 Attorney Marc Lopez was on his way to Texas when the universe winked at him. As he was passing by a bar in the Indianapolis Airport, he spotted this promotional sign and couldn’t resist snapping a photo. In addition to a quality pun, this...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 25, 2016 | DUI, OVWI
Most people charged with drunk driving are facing two charges: operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above the legal limit. Two charges for the same crime? Is this America? The lead charge in 99% of drunk driving cases...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Dec 9, 2015 | Chemical Test, Collision, Jail Time, OVWI, THC
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...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 21, 2015 | Defense to DUI / OVWI, DUI, OVWI, Rights
A police impersonator has been pulling over women in Central Indiana. WTHR has the full story online. Indiana law is very clear. In order for a police officer to stop a person for a traffic violation the officer must be in fully marked police vehicle or wearing a...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 19, 2015 | Defense to DUI / OVWI, DUI, OVWI
An officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) will not be facing criminal charges after he struck and killed a pedestrian while the officer, not on duty, was driving an IMPD vehicle with a .029 blood alcohol content (BAC). This incident...
by The Marc Lopez Law Firm | Oct 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
A Fort Wayne police officer was charged in the breaking and entering of a person’s house and the theft of a chainsaw and gas cans from the property. The internal affairs of the police department requested to speak to the police officer and the officer “pled the 5th.”...
