Drunk Driving Defense [Hardcover]

Lawrence E. Taylor (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735511462 | ISBN-13: 978-0735511460 | Publication Date: January 1999 | Edition: 5th

Now you can rely on the expertise of the lawyer whose name has become synonymous with drunk driving defense. Lawrence Taylor covers every step of the police action and legal process, from the breathalyzer and field sobriety tests to witness preparation and jury instructions. With his detailed guidance you'll be able to:

* Overcome chemical evidence presumptions
* Identify nonspecific blood alcohol analysis
* Weigh effects of acetone and acetaldehyde
* Prove false instrument readings caused by radio frequency interference and other phenomena
* Expose physiological defects of horizontal gaze nystagmus
* Establish grounds for impeachment of the arresting officer.

The Fourth Edition features a wealth of practice materials, including:

* Forms used by police and other agencies
* Examples of successful motions used by experienced defense attorneys
* Verbatim cross and direct examinations of police officers, eyewitnesses, and chemical experts
* Checklists
* Suggested voir dire and opening and closing statements.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1193 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business Publishers; 5th edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735511462
• ISBN-13: 978-0735511460
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,877,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Relevant and helpful but not for Virginia DUI/DWI cases, October 11, 2004

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Sudeep Bose "Attorney, Former Police Officer ... (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drunk Driving Defense (Hardcover)

As a criminal DUI/DWI defense lawyer in one of Virginia's leading DUI defense firms, I have read this text along with others including The Defense of Drunk Drivers published by West.


This text, Drunk Driving Defense, without mention, is not a text for laypersons; it is specifically written for attorneys interested in the minute aspects of DUI defense litigation and the technical arenas of blood alcohol testing. The book provides fundamentals in the technical defenses and assumptions in DUI cases, but not at the level one would expect from a hornbook.


Indeed, I agree with the statement that this book has an overview of the laws of the 50 states. For persons interested in defending cases in Virginia, I would recommend the text mentioned above from West along with publications of the VCLE of the Virginia Law Foundation. Both of these references have a more concrete treatment of DUI defense litigation in the Commonwealth.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drunk Driving Defense, 5th edition -- great book!, February 4, 2001

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"jre120473" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drunk Driving Defense (Hardcover)

This new edition is even better than the previous editions -- which were great! Updated laws, new scientific studies on breath alcohol analysis and field sobriety tests, new sample pretrial motions and cross-examinations, jury selection, license suspensions, etc. I particularly found the detailed checklists helpful, along with the sample cross-examinations of the cop on things like DUI symptoms, nystagmus, field sobriety tests and breath tests. Taylor's book became my bible years ago, and this new edition is even bigger and better!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected. My fault to some extent, October 5, 2009

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John G. Martens (Ames, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drunk Driving Defense: 2003 Cumulative Supplement (Paperback)

The product I ordered was apparently an old yearly supplement to the book "Drunk Driving Defense". I paid way to much for a supplement book that was outdated and probably discarded by someone who bought the new supplement.

I don't remember the ad and it may have been my fault for not being more observant.