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Michael Gerard Peña

Michael Pena - Attorney and Counselor at Law

8441 Gulf Freeway
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Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-222-0000

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About Michael Gerard Peña

Board Certified in Criminal Law (Since 1999) - Texas Board of Legal Specialization - State Bar of Texas (Admitted to practice 1994). Super Lawyer Honoree since 2012. Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - DWI Warrior Certification 2020. Co-author: DWI/DUI Field Sobriety Testing Revisited: A Common Sense Voir Dire & Cross Examination to Show the Tests are Designed to Cause and Score Failures, The Champion, Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, August 1996; 0.10 ALR Suspensions and DWI Prosecutions: Double Dipping into Double Jeopardy Territory, Voice for the Defense, Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, September 1995; The Ten Commandments for Detoxifying the Intoxilyzer 5000: Getting the Truth Out in DWI Cases, Voice for the Defense, June 1995; DWI Demonstative Evidence in DUI Cases, The Champion, May 1995; DWI Demonstrative Evidence: Show and Tell the Easy, Voice for the Defense, April 1995; 1994-1995 DWI Law Changes: A Client Handout, Voice for the Defense, November 1994; Assistant Feature Articles Editor, Voice for the Defense. Speaker at numerous CLE Seminars for Criminal Defense Lawyers throughout the state. Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.

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Personal Contact: Using the Officer's Observations Against Them

03/10/2025

Written by Charles GoodwinEdited by Michelle Behan and Steven Hernandez The typical DUI investigation has three phases. It begins with the vehicle in motion and focuses on driving patterns that officers are trained might indicate impairment. Next is personal contact, where the officer will observe physical manifestations that are also purportedly correlated with alcohol ingestion and impairment. Finally, the officer will...

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By By Lance Hendron An autonomous vehicle, in other words is self-driving car, is a car that is capable of operating with reduced or no human input.1 In 2014, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), launched SAE J3016 Recommended Practice: Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles, commonly referenced as the SAE Levels of...

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