Kulp & Elliott blog posts relating to Criminal Defense matters.
What is assault and battery? Assault and battery refers to a wide range of crimes with a common factor–threatening, causing or attempting to cause bodily harm to another person. A person can be charged with assault, battery or both. An assault is an offer to do harm to another with the present means of accomplishing [...]
Trying to find out information about a pending case? If your loved one has been arrested, chances are you have a lot of questions you need answered fast. Although there’s a wealth of online resources that can give you the information you need about arrests and pending cases in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester County, it’s [...]
Do DUI Roadside Videos Accurately Depict What is Reported? Here is the long roadside DUI arrest video filmed when the secretary was stopped. When arrested for DUI, a roadside video MUST be made by the officer. DUI Case Video Issues What are the road conditions here? Was that the best area to give the field [...]
I was recently invited to join the American College of Board Certified Attorneys. American College of Board Certified Attorneys (ACBCA) is a professional organization for attorneys who have been board certified by a recognized accrediting organization. The ACBCA supports activities to identify and recognize those attorneys who have met or exceeded rigorous certification standards relating [...]
Occasionally, I see something in the news that compels me, as a citizen of this great state and as a Charleston criminal defense lawyer, to blog about-immediately. I just read an article you should read. There is a contingent of opinion these days that no one has any privacy anymore. While that may very well [...]
[divider_line] From .08 to .05 - should the DUI inference level be lowered? Currently under South Carolina DUI law, a breath device reading of .08 of one percent creates an "inference" that a driver's mental faculties to drive are impaired from the ingestion of alcohol. This inference level has changed over the years. When I [...]
Could A False DUI Arrest Happen in South Carolina? Few things irk me more that what was reported on February 22, 2013 by the AP to have occurred in Utah. As a criminal defense and DUI lawyer in Charleston, SC. I must say that I have not seen the likes of this here. Hopefully, DUI [...]
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Is Your Cell Phone Data Police Candy? As a Charleston criminal defense lawyer, I believe it is essential to monitor relevant nationwide trends. Sometimes, citizens are not aware of creative activities that police in other areas of the country are pursuing that might not be exactly constitutional. Well-intended, but constitutionally questionable. Click here to read what Michigan [...]
My automated monitoring of the Internet for interesting stories about DUI prosecution around the country, to make me a more full informed Charleston DUI Lawyer, has led me to this story from Oregon which I dissect for you. Instead of just passing the story along, I am compelled to do so with a host of comments. [...]
