Lying is generally a bad idea. Lying to law enforcement is even worse. It doesn’t matter if you’re a TV star looking to increase his bargaining power or an Olympic athlete trying to cover his own drunken mischief—giving false statements to the police is strategically...
Indiana has no use—and no tolerance—for cannabis.Possession of marijuana starts as a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to 180 days in jail.No one wants to spend the rest of their life explaining a conviction, so if you’re facing...
Like most people with beating hearts, the employees at the Marc Lopez Law Firm love dogs. After all, they’re loyal, they’re loving, and they’re always excited to see you. Our canine friends, however, are also equipped with relatively small brains and almost no innate...
If you’re convicted of a criminal offense—whether through a guilty plea, a jury verdict, or a bench trial—you’re facing a number of possibilities at your sentencing hearing: an executed sentence in jail, work release, or home detention; a suspended sentence (also...
The Marc Lopez Law Firm is excited to attend the 11th Annual Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest. This year’s festivities will be stretched over two days—Friday, February 1, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 2, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00...
The holiday season can be rough. If your December has been especially challenging, try to take comfort in the fact that you’ve never been arrested for throwing an entire ham at a family member. This is not the way you want to make the news. In what was reported...
In a unanimous decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s guilty verdict for a man charged with DUI / OVWI. At trial, Attorney Marc Lopez contested the constitutionality of the DUI / OVWI Sobriety Checkpoint and the admission of the...
Attorney Marc Lopez was asked to teach other attorneys DUI / OVWI related trial skills at the 2018 DWI at Trial organized by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum’s (ICLEF). Please click here to read the full article. Sharing a bit of knowledge and...
On October 26, 2018, Attorney Matthew Kroes of the Marc Lopez Law Firm argued a DUI / OVWI case before the Indiana Court of Appeals. A small percentage of criminal cases proceed to trial, and of this subset, only a few are appealed. Of the minority of cases that are...
Most people charged with drunk driving are facing two separate charges: operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above the legal limit. Two charges for the same crime? Is this America? Sometimes I’m not sure. The lead...
