Video of Chuck Ramsay's Minnesota Supreme Court Argument

Chuck Ramsay argued State of Minnesota v. Netland on September 10, 2008. The Minnesota Supreme Court must decide the constitutionality of the state's DWI-DUI statute which criminalizes refusal to submit to an alcohol test.



The issue is particularly difficult because Ms. Netland did not refuse to submit to a test. The breath test machine -- Intoxilyzer 5000 -- would not accept her breath sample. The police officer believed she was "playing" with the machine. Ms. Netland was persistent and demanded a blood test. The officer refused to give her either a blood or urine test.

Not willing to give up, Ms. Netland called an independent testing company while still in jail. The company collected her alcohol sample and had it analyzed. The result: .03 -- well under the legal limit of .08!

We now know that the source code was to blame. See the sections about Inferno and Smoking Gun. Unfortunately, state officials continue to use the same broken software. Innocent people continue to be hurt.

Attorneys Chuck Ramsay and Dan Koewler Complete National DWI Course

The attorneys at Ramsay & Associates, PLLC, pride themselves on keeping on the cutting of DWI / DUI defense. Last week attorneys Chuck Ramsay and Dan Koewler learned from some of the other best lawyers in the country at a three-day continuing legal education course in Las Vegas.

The classes included the following topics:

Reversing the Call on the Field: Persuading the Appellate Court

- Rod Kennedy

Chemical Test Discovery: Getting a Complete Scouting Report

- Troy McKinney

Ethics Jeopardy: What is the Right Thing to Do?

- Bruce Kapsack

Gearing-Up Your Offense: Suppressing the Evidence

- John Wesley Hall

What We Can Learn from the Inquest of the Death of Princess Diana

- Dr. Robert Forrest & Jess Paul

Field Sobriety Tests-- Running Through the Drills

- Gus McDonald

Advanced FSTs-- For Whom Are They Designed?

- Mimi Coffey

Was Your Client Tested on a Broken Machine?

- Tom Workman

Scoring the Winning Touchdown with Your Closing Argument

- Les Hulnick & Vic Pellegrino

Voir Dire of the Expert

- Dr. SunWolf

Blood Lab Secrets

- Dr. Robert Forrest & Jess Paul

On the last day of the program, the attorneys broke down in to small groups for the following workshops:

-Advanced Cross-Examination Techniques

Instructed by Mike Hawkins

-Perfecting Your Opening & Closing

Instructed by Les Hulnick & Vic Pellegrino

-Crossing the Officer on FSTs

Instructed by Troy McKinney, Mimi Coffey, and Steven Oberman

- Auto Brewery Syndrome

Instructed by Dr. Robert Forrest

-Bring Your File

Instructed by Jess Paul

-Challenging Drug Recognition Experts

Instructed by Judge Rod Kennedy and Dr. Robert Forrest

-Developing & Implementing Effective Juror Questionnaires

Instructed by Dr. SunWolf

- Converting Your Preemptory Challenge Into One For Cause

Instructed by Dr. SunWolf

-What Every Attorney Must Know About Infrared Spectroscopy

Instructed by Tom Workman and Bruce Kapsack

-Cross-Examination of the Breath Tech

Instructed by Steve Jones

-Cross-Examination of the Blood Tech

Instructed by Gus McDonald

-Analyzing the Police Video

Instructed by Tony Palacios & Sara Compher-Rice

Chuck and Dan are eager use new ideas and know-how in Minnesota. No doubt the classes will benefit their clients immeasurably.

Charles A. Ramsay
Attorney at Law
Charles@RamsayResults.com

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