Tippecanoe County DUI DWI OWI OUI drunk driving lawyer

This information about Tippecanoe County (Lafayette, West Lafayette), Indiana DUI DWI OWI OUI courts and procedures is brought to you as a public service by Indiana DUI DWI OWI OUI Drunk Driving defense lawyer attorney Paul Stanko

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I. Overview

The state level court system of Tippecanoe County is composed of seven courts, including Tippecanoe Circuit Court and six Superior Courts. All seven courts are located in the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in downtown Lafayette, Indiana.

Under the current Tippecanoe County Local Rules and the Caseload Management Plan in force in 2010 (subject to change), Superior Court 6 has jurisdiction over both misdemeanor and Class D felony Operating While Intoxicated charges. Extremely serious felonies may be filed in Circuit Court, Superior Court 1 or Superior Court 2.

II. Court-specific information

For your convenience, specific information concerning Tippecanoe County’s DUI court is presented below:

Tippecanoe Superior Court 6
Hon. Michael A. Morrissey, Judge
Faith A. Graham, Magistrate
Norris Kou-Lou Wang, Magistrate
301 Main Street
Lafayette, IN 47901

Phone:    (765) 423-9750
Fax:        (765) 423-9760

III. Case Management, Procedures and Scheduling

An Indiana statute specifically provides that your administrative license suspension for either failing or refusing your blood, urine or breath test is to begin at the Initial Hearing. This is why obtaining a DUI lawyer immediately is so important.

The Initial Hearing is when the Court officially informs you of your constitutional rights and the charges against you, enters your not guilty plea (unless you choose to plead guilty at that point, which you should never do), orders discovery, and sets future court dates. The Court also will inform you that your Indiana driver’s license (if any) is being suspended administratively for 180 days if you tested over the legal limit (“failed”) the certified chemical test, or for one year if you “refused” to submit to a chemical test.

Regardless whether your case is a misdemeanor or felony, it is wise to obtain DUI counsel before the initial hearing date or as soon thereafter as possible.

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About Paul Stanko

Indiana DUI DWI OWI OUI drunk driving lawyer and criminal defense attorney Paul Stanko tried and won his first OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) case as a 23 year-old prosecutor in January 1979. That same year he successfully tried his first serious felony cases. He has practiced criminal law ever since, as a prosecutor, a Superior Court Judge, and now a DUI DWI OWI OUI drunk driving defense attorney and criminal defense lawyer. His familiarity with Indiana's criminal justice system, law enforcement tactics, forensic evidence and crime scene investigation, search and seizure, ballistics and firearms, field sobriety tests and BMV procedures is at your disposal and only a Toll-Free call away.

There is absolutely no substitute for experience. More than three decades (over thirty years) of experience in Indiana's criminal courts have made Paul Stanko one of the most knowledgeable and experienced criminal defense and drunk driving defense attorneys in all of Indiana. As a prosecutor, judge, and defense attorney on drunk driving cases, Paul Stanko has seen the law from every perspective. Having been a prosecutor, he knows what the prosecutor must prove. Having been a judge, he knows how a judge looks at evidence and reaches his rulings. Few other Indiana lawyers have that combination of real world experience.

Primary counties served by Paul Stanko are St. Joseph County (South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger, Lakeville, New Carlisle, North Liberty, Notre Dame, Osceola, Walkerton, Wyatt), Marshall County (Plymouth, Argos, Bourbon, Bremen, Culver, Donaldson, Lapaz, Tippecanoe, Tyner), Lake County (Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Lake Station, Whiting, Merrillville, Schererville, Lowell, Cedar Lake, Dyer, Griffith, Leroy, Munster, St John, Schneider, Shelby), Elkhart County (Elkhart, Goshen), Porter County (Valparaiso, Portage, Chesterton, Beverly Shores, Boone Grove, Hebron, Kouts, Ogden Dunes, Porter, Wheeler), La Porte County LaPorte County (La Porte, LaPorte, Michigan City, Westville), Jasper County (Rensselaer, Demotte, Fair Oaks, Remington, Tefft, Wheatfield), Tippecanoe County (Lafayette, West Lafayette), Newton County (Kentland), White County (Monticello), Fulton County (Rochester), Starke County (Knox, North Judson), Howard County (Kokomo), Miami County (Peru), Cass County (Logansport), Carroll County (Delphi), Clinton County (Frankfort), Grant County (Marion), Wabash County (Wabash), Kosciusko County (Warsaw), Ripley County (Versailles), Decatur County (Greensburg), Delaware County (Muncie, Yorktown), and Pulaski County (Winamac).

Serious felony and DUI cases in other counties throughout Indiana are also accepted.

Paul Stanko is also an experienced appellate attorney, handling dozens of appeals in the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

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