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Diving into a DUI case
key west, florida
​February 21-23, 2019
Registration is nearly full.
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DRE (Drug Recognition "Expert")
​
​Training for Canadian Lawyers
Location and dates:  To be announced
Spring 2019 - Calgary?

​DRE training is important for Canadian Lawyers!

Changes to existing Marijuana laws are now in place in Canada. In the immediate future, it appears the DRE will give de facto expert evidence on impairment without undergoing Voir Dire. Designation or Gazetting by the Attorney General will be deemed “expertise”. Any chemical testing done will be merely confirmatory, and apparently will skirt the per se "nanogram level required to create impairment" issue by being a simple positive or negative reported result. More importantly, we are starting to see cases in the US where the urinalysis or blood work has come back completely negative, and the charge still goes before the court, on the grounds of, “We can’t check for every impairing substance and the DRE says your clients' impaired.” 

The ONLY way you will ever have to examine and understand the merits of a DUI-D case will be by understanding the DRE protocols better than the DRE themselves, and by examining their opined views based on standard practice, acts or conditions, and perhaps the GC analysis.

The proposed instructional staff roster includes:
  • Fran Gengo, D. Pharm - New York    (Pharmacologist from the Dent Institute, Buffalo) 
  • Deandra M. Grant, J.D., GC, M.S. - ACS Lawyer-Scientist from Texas    (expert on challenging blood and urine in court)
  • Lance Platt, Ph. D - Texas    (SFST/DRE expert)
  • Jan Semenoff, BA. EMA - Canada   (Forensic Criminalist - Editor Counterpoint Journal)

So, Canadian Lawyers, please spread the word and try and get the necessary interest generated.

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    YES, I want to attend DRE training in Canada:

DUIDLA Spring Seminar
Nashville, Tennessee
The Westin Nashville
April 4-6, 2019

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