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While law enforcement officials want a reliable way to determine when a driver is "too high" to operate a motor vehicle according to a Columbia University study it is difficult to document high driving in a relevant and reliable manner. The reason is that tetrahydrocannabol "THC," the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, is fat soluble and absorbed differently than alcohol. THC moves from water environments, like blood, into fatty tissues which absorb it, and release it slo...wly in the blood stream. Accordingly, THC levels are more difficult to determine unlike a "breathalyzer" which itself has a host of flaws. On the other hand, when you drink, alcohol spreads through your saliva and breath. It is absorbed and saturates in your lungs and blood. The theory behind the notion of reliable alcohol level detection is that measuring the volume of alcohol in one part of your body can predictably tell you how much is in any other part of your body (although not true in the absorptive phase), and how much is affecting your brain's ability to perform divided attention tasks such operating a motor vehicle. Marijuana is not like that. The height of your intoxication isn't at the moment when blood THC levels peak. In addition, your high doesn't rise and fall uniformly based on how much THC leaves and enters your bodily fluids. According to studies by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, THC clears out of the blood in occasional users within a couple of hours. While they still may be high, a trickle of THC leaches out of their brains and other fatty tissues back into the blood until it's all gone. Accordingly, a lab test could still find trace amount of THC in blood of occasional smokers after a few hours. As a result, it is currently too difficult to accurately and reliably predict the number of nanograms per milliliter of THC (the psychoactive ingredient) in marijuana that would allow a rebuttable inference someone was "too high" to drive. Traffic studies that rely on blood THC could also be inaccurate if blood is drawn too late and/or the THC has already left the system. Accordingly, a byproduct of marijuana metabolism that marks only recent exposure and not intoxication may result in an overestimation of marijuana-related accidents and as well as DUI arrests of drivers who are actually not under the influence. https://www-sfchronicle-com.cdn.ampproject.org//Some-state

It happens way more than the general public knows, and often times there is a real question as to whether the District Attorney either knows, suggests it, and/or simply ignores it. https://mobile.nytimes.com//why-police-officers-lie-under-

Interesting read...finally a Court that puts feeble arguments and the State Attorneys who present them to task.

District Attorney Ramsey finally made the right decision... http://sacramento.cbslocal.com//paradise-police-officer-/

As previously stated, it's about time. http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-51642

To state the obvious, it's about time. Next, are the Judges who either condone it and/or acquiesce: http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/35391

The paradigm for why my Office remains tenacious in our pursuant of exculpatory information through the discovery process, only to be scoffed at by DA's and the judges who allow them to abrogate their duties under the discovery code. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/564cf016e4b08c74b7342748

A good read and an article that goes a long way to assist your understanding of a great misconception in our "criminal justice system." It also yet another example of why prosecutors who intentionally withhold evidence, stack juries, and who's misconduct is instrumental in a wrongful conviction should no longer be immune from real punishment. The same holds true for the judges (many of them former prosecutors) who sit idle or condone such conduct.... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8473898

This is not the first and only attack defense lawyers will have to endure. There is an attack on our entire profession as judges and prosecutors believe that they can impose their views, enforce laws by breaking them, then bend the narrative by coaching law enforcement witnesses while judges immunize them from attacks on their credibility. Our judicial system is broken and the notion that the judiciary is too closely related to and/or concerned about resentment or blowback f...rom prosecutor's office rather than the Constitution, is a sad reality in trial courts across this nation. Thankfully, this judge did not yield to those pressures. To boot, our jury system is antiquated and bent towards convicting when you allow "deliberation," which essentially allows stronger personalities to impose their will on weaker jurors. Simply solved, one vote after review or re-review of the evidence. If all believe that the accused is guilty, then he's guilty. If all do not agree, then there is reasonable doubt, and the accused is innocent. The notion that people, without real compensation, will sacrifice for something many have never read (i.e. the constitution and/or any portion thereof) for a "defendant" is a grave miscalculation and injustice. With more people 2.2 million people in prison, first to China with a population that dwarfs the United States, the notion of Justice William Blackstone is an idea far too long ignored: "the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer." It is time for prosecutors, who withhold evidence, wrongfully convict people, and put on lying witnesses, to suffer the fate of the law which they ignore to get a conviction. They do not represent "the People" but rather we the defenders of the constitution do... http://www.abajournal.com//lawyers_acquitted_of_coaching_/

Nothing new. It happens most days but perhaps not to this magnitude. DA's and Cops work together to violate the rights of the accused while hamstringing their attorney all the time. It's a game they play under the color of authority and doing what's right all the while ignoring the very oath they are charged with upholding. Unlike this Judge (not the gag order judge) who has the courage to stand for the integrity of the system most judges cower and rubber stamp this sort ...of behavior being further discredit to our system of justice. http://www.washingtonpost.com//the-jaw-dropping-policepro/

It's an unfortunate but sobering reality that it takes a prosecutor 30 years to realize the error of his ways: "[T]he prosecutor faulted himself for arrogance, for presenting dubious testimony from a forensic pathologist, for failing to investigate other leads, and for mocking Ford for trying to prove his innocence." While there are many serious offenders who need to be locked up, the sad reality is that prosecutors with the help of biased judges, do this day in and day out s...coffing at defense attorneys who try to do their job, for even those who deserve a second chance to avoid the implications of a minor crime. It is time for prosecutorial accountability if you withhold evidence, put on false evidence, ignore facts that point to innocence then perhaps you should suffer the same fate. http://www.nbcnews.com//prosecutor-apologizes-glenn-ford-e

A prosecutor should not be allowed to exercise a peremptory challenge as they supposedly represent the "people." It is meant for defendants and litigants not misuse by prosecutors because a judge holds them accountable and/or refuses to rubber stamp misconduct. Great find by Francisco Rodriquez, Esq. http://www.latimes.com//la-me-jailhouse-snitch-20150314-st

While I take no position on this defendant's guilt or innocence for the underlying crime. This is unfortunately what defense attorneys deal with all the time, rampant prosecutorial misconduct ignored and essentially condoned by Judges, and now worse the State Attorney's office. http://blog.simplejustice.us//robert-murray-in-the-unoffi/

Well well well, looks like the old biblical adage "whatever is done in the dark always comes to light." If the conspiracy is proven each and every one of the officers and prosecutors involved should be jailed. In addition, any judge who authorized an arrest warrant or turned a blind eye in any proceeding should be jailed right next to them. It is a call for accountability!!!... http://thefreethoughtproject.com/video-mans-police-interac/

An article by my astute colleague, that rightfully calls for accountability from both "rubber-stamping" state court judges, and prosecutors who act with impunity. http://www.kennedyforlaw.com/crooked-prosecutors-enabled-by

I say, respectfully, about time, however, if you are asking for a state court judge to DO ANYTHING but blame the Defense Attorney...good luck. Just maybe, perhaps, state court judges ought to be looked for their "blind eye" complicity in rampant prosecutorial misconduct. http://www.latimes.com//la-me-lying-prosecutors-20150201-s

I will say this, it is has long been time to hold prosecutors accountable for their unethical and harmful conduct, and by harmful I mean to the entire criminal justice system. Some, not all, prosecutors have acted with impunity for way to long. If a standard is set, you will finally see prosecutions motivated by truth, and not an inferiority's desire to win by withholding discovery, unreasonable plea offers, and an attitude that nothing the defense does will result in acc...ountability because some judge (usually a former office mate) will bail them out. Thanks Francisco Rodriquez for the post. http://observer.com//breaking-ninth-circuit-panel-suggest/

If true, this conduct is absolutely deplorable! Is this what our community had come too? http://abc7news.com/474341/

I served this country as a U.S. Marine and will admit that the rank and file were not always on the same page with leadership but this disgusting to the core. I suggest the Mayor convene a new academy of police recruits who respect leadership and their job because this group of Officers clearly do not. http://thegrio.com/2014//30/nypd-disrepect-mayor-de-blasio/

I'll believe it when I see it, but this is certainly a good start by an unlikely contributor, who appears common after feeling the heat from a rogue prosecution. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6386884

It is NOT the first time a citizen has been arrested for DUI without probable cause. These Officers should be charged and arrested for falsifying a police report and false imprisonment. http://fox13now.com//sober-driver-arrested-for-dui-when-d/

This is a tragedy on so many levels. Foremost, the senseless killing of anyone, let alone the assassination of two police officers under the guise of revenge is unacceptable in modern society; just as is, the killing of an unarmed man during an arrest. While I grieve for the slain officers and their families I can't help but feel that the officers,' who turned their back on Commissioner Bratton and Mayor De Blasio were insubordinate. The idea that you can disrespect the l...eadership of very uniform that honors your fallen comrades, simply because they refused to rubber stamp a Grand Jury's decision, is exactly why most question whether police have any real interest justice. I, however, refuse to believe that most of the police officers do not. Prayers for the families of those lost on both sides. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6367990

This is what you get by giving prosecutors too much discretion and not having a system that jails them for suborning perjury, refusing to turn over exculpatory evidence, and/or securing a conviction later overturned by prosecutorial or judicial misconduct. http://m.dailykos.com//-Under-pressure-St-Louis-prosecutor

I just posted about how our Fourth Amendment protections have been eroded into almost nothing. In fact, you can now say there is no such thing. Now, an officer can pull you over, tell the court that he made a mistake regarding whether you violated the law in order to stop you, and the court will uphold to stop and search. Go figure. http://thinkprogress.org//supreme-court-if-youre-a-cop-mi/

Judges need to be more proactive in their search for the truth from all of all people, prosecutors. http://observer.com//federal-judge-blasts-yet-another-fed/

While less serious, it's the same nonsense accepted by bias judges as "weaving" for probable cause to stop a vehicle, and how every DUI suspect had red, watery eyes. Not only is the Fourth Amendment eroded into nothing but now you can kill someone by merely reporting they "reached into their waistband." It is time for accountability not just for criminals who deserve the force of law but judges and prosecutors who fail to see those who don't, by abusing their authority because of their gang like mentality. I say, criminalize wrongful conduct by prosecutors and remove judges who look the other way. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6303846

This represents the extent investigators will go through to protect "their case," and prosecutors, notwithstanding their duty, who simply ignore exculpatory evidence to appease the investigative agency, and believe it or not, at your expense. http://www.chicagotribune.com//ct-juan-rivera-shoes-met-20

Just another great post by Mr. Rodriquez... https://www.facebook.com/mydefenseattor//10152527990516299

While I may not agree completely with the conclusion reached, what an insightful perspective. http://us.cnn.com/2014/12/09/opinion/yang-mark-wahlberg/

Informative post by San Diego DUI attorney Michael Fremont. https://www.facebook.com/michaeljfremont/posts/1015107395172287

Informative post that I thought I would share. If you believe you have been defrauded and/or have a related legal issue. We offer free consultation at RLG. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com//11-investors-accused-of/

Now, this makes real sense? I beg to differ... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6264746

A much needed read for DA's and biased Judges... http://www.washingtonpost.com//c9f9b0e6-759e-11e4-a755-e32

Good Read for the Interested Prosecutor... http://www.abajournal.com//ferguson_eyewitness_testimony_/

This prosecutor abrogated his duty to "the People" for the defense of, and not the prosecution of the an armed gunman. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6220814

If congress refuses to act to support families then this man will... http://thegrio.com/2014/11/20/obama-immigration-plan-3/

This is issue that Judges just ignore, and as insane as it is turn around and blame it on the defense. Great post Francisco Rodriquez, Esq. http://www.theindychannel.com//judges-rarely-take-action-e

We must have a criminal justice system that holds prosecutors accountable for their abuse of power and judges for bias... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4221000

http://www.nybooks.com///why-innocent-people-plead-guilty/

Finally, a little reform... http://abc7.com/380896/

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