The DUI Breath Sampling Process. How The Machine "Looks" at the What A Person is Blowing Into the Breath Machine Under the protocol for the administration of a breath test in South Carolina, after a twenty minute "observation period" to allow any residual mouth alcohol to evaporate through normal respiration, a 120 second period is [...]
As a board certified criminal defense lawyer and DUI defense lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina, I find myself explaining license suspension considerations to most new clients charged with DUI or DUAC. The implied consent law can be complicated. First, DUI is driving under the influence. DUAC is driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration. In another [...]
One very important aspect of DUI and DUAC cases in South Carolina, or anywhere for that matter, is what the “legal limit” of alcohol even is!! It may seem confusing, but in SC thinking of DUI’s and DUAC’s in terms of violating the “legal limit” is wrong. But how can this be? When we watch [...]
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 [...]
Another DUI Arrest. South Carolina Highway Patrol arrested 29-year-old Andrea Miller following the wreck which happened at a construction zone around 3:15 a.m. near Orangeburg Road. According to authorities, 56-year-old Vickie Bryant was stopped behind a dump truck in her 2002 Buick, obeying the commands of a construction worker. http://www.live5news.com/story/23597477/troops-on-scene-of-deadly-accident-in-dorchester-county Kulp & Elliott accepts [...]
DUI and a Wreck in Charleston South Carolina Highway Patrol charged a man with driving under the influence after a wreck left his friend dead late Saturday in Dorchester County. Troopers say the accident happened around 11:40 p.m. on Highway 17-A near Highway 61, when a 2000 Jeep attempted to pass a 2008 Mercury while [...]
- Posted by Tim Kulp, a Charleston DUI Lawyer. Tim Kulp has over 30 years of experience as a DUI Lawyer in the Charleston area, including Mt. Pleasant, North Charleston, Summerville, and both Berkeley and Dorchester Counties. - An off duty North Charleston police officer was arrested for DUI early Thursday morning after a wreck was [...]
SLED, THE DUI DATABASE and the DUI LAWYER? SLED has reported that the computer server securely storing all breath test and breath test site video footage data was hit by lightning, possibly last Friday. This news is critical information for an experienced South Carolina DUI and criminal defense lawyer. After outlining why this issue [...]
I Am Always Happy to Answer DUI and Criminal Law Questions for the Media. As a lawyer handling DUI and Criminal Defense Cases in South Carolina for over thirty years, I had a treat today when Channel 5 WCSC reporter Harv Jacobs came to my office to interview me. Harv sought my opinion [...]
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. [...]
