20TH Anniversary

Mountaineer

CLE Series

REPRESENTING THE

D.U.I. DEFENDANT

WVU v. Navy

Friday, October 1, 1999

10:00 a.m. A Reasonable Articulable Suspicion:

"Is Probable Cause Dead?" or "When Did We Change the Constitution?" - 

GREGORY W. SPROLES, ESQUIRE - Breckinridge, Davis & Null

10:50 a.m. Standardized Field Sobriety Tests

*Nonstructured FST *Walk and Turn - You Do Not Have to Touch Heel to Toe *One Leg Stand - Do Not Lean, Hop or Sway *HGN - What Does Daubert Really Mean *PBT - Please Blow This

                    GEORGE F. FORDHAM, ESQUIRE - Clarksburg, West Virginia

11:40 a.m. Lunch (On your own)

12:50 p.m. Booze, White Lies, and Videotape

                    JAMES A. MATISH, ESQUIRE - Clarksburg, West Virginia

1:40 p.m. DMV Administrative Hearings and Appeals: "If I Lose my License, I'll Lose my Job"

                    GREGORY W. SPROLES, ESQUIRE - Breckinridge, Davis & Null

2:30 p.m. Cross Examination of Officer:
                    "Your Client Was Not Really Drunk"

                TO BE ANNOUNCED                

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Pre-Trial Motion Practice: Winning Your Case Without Going to Trial

                    JOHN R. MITCHELL, JR., ESQUIRE - Mitchell & Murray

4:15 p.m. Implied Consent Law: "I'm Not Blowing into Your !*@*! Machine"

                    PATRICK N. WILSON, ESQUIRE - Wilson, Fucillo & Shields

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Saturday, October 2, 1999

8:15 a.m. Voir Dire and Jury Instructions: How to Keep Coming Back For a Trial Time and Time Again

                    JAMES A. MATISH, ESQUIRE - Clarksburg, West Virginia

8:55 a.m. Direct Examination of a Defense Expert Witness: "You Cannot Convict on One Opinion"

                    RAYMOND H. YACKEL, ESQUIRE - Morgantown, West Virginia

9:35 a.m. Break

9:45 a.m. Blood Tests/Breath Tests
                    *
Who Is Sticking Whom and When
                    *The Intox-i-"Lier" *Demonstrations

                    S. CARTER ZERBE, ESQUIRE - Charleston, West Virginia

10:25 a.m. Sentence Enhancements, Alternative Sentences, and When Do I Get My License Back? "My Client is a Nice Guy"

                    NEAL J. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE - Fairmont, West Virginia

11:05 a.m. Adjourn

This seminar is worth 9.9 WV MCLE credits.

Kickoff Time for WVU v. Navy is currently scheduled for 12:00 noon