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FOR THE DEFENSE Volume 43 No. 8 | October 2014 Frank Sellers | Winning Opening Statements p. 20 Chuck Lanehart | LCDLA Celebrates 35 Years p. 26 Wesley Shackelford | Case Loads for Indigent Defense p. 37 Register online at www.tcdla.com Friday Thursday DWI Trial Tactics and Ideas DWI Hot Issues Case Law • David Guinn Update • Adam Kobs How to Win a Blood Draw Advanced Discovery: What Case: Blood Disconnect You Really Need From Defense • Mark Law Enforcement • James Thiessen Reeves How to Win a Breath ALR Issues: Appeal, Appeal Case: Breath Discon- Briefs, Petitions for Oc- nect Defense • John cupational License, etc. • Geofreddi John Fox Cross-Examination of the McNeely Issues and Lab Analyst in Blood Preserving Error in DWI Cases • Amando Peña Cases • Michael Mowla Cross-Examination of the Scientific Blood Discovery Arresting Officer, BTO, Defenses • Gary Wimbish and TS • Steve Gonzalez Ten Essential Things You Ten Essential Things You Need to Know About the Need to Know About Blood Lab • Tad Nelson DWI Sentencing • Betty DWI Voir Dire for Breath Blackwell Cases and for Blood Collateral DWI Issues: TDL Cases • Robert Swafford Suspension, DPS Sur- Cross-Examination charge, etc. • Stephen Tools for the Blood-Draw 10th Annual Hamilton Nurse • Amber Spurlock Ethics • Ron Bunch Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar This seminar is designed to provide attorneys with the valuable tools necessary to successfully handle all aspects of a DWI blood case or DWI breath case. 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