"Winning the DWI / DUI Crash Case"

Seminar Outline

1. Establishing Guilt in the First Hour
1. How to obtain more effective statements from witnesses and operators
2. Seeing the crash through the witness' eyes
3. Recognizing the potential and limitation of a witness' accuracy
2. Building a Shield Against Defense Motions
1. Identifying the essential forms of evidence in all DWI/DUI-related cases
2. Re-orienting investigators to the application of the 4th, 5th and 6th
3. Making the Police Officer into a Powerful Witness
1. The Relationship Between Truth, Objective Reality and Credibility
2. Witness Preparation, visual thinking and police-prosecutor trust
4. Painting the Picture for the Jury
1. Building police officer credibility
2. Exhibits and demonstrations that "paint the picture" for the jury
3. Delivering "knock-out" testimony
5. Slamming the Door on the "Two Beer" Defense
1. The physiology of ethanol - absorption and elimination
2. The pharmacology and effects of low dosages of ethanol (BAC= .03+)
3. The potential of the DRE Officer as investigator/trial witness
6. Defeating Defense Attacks on the Police Officer Witness
1. "Arming" the police witness with tools for protecting the truth
2. Maintaining credibility at all costs
3. Protecting objective reality
4. Identifying and neutralizing defense attorney strategies

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