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Category Archives: DUI

Traumatic Brain Injury or Mental Illness?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Homicide, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

TBI and Mental Illness What if a defendant commits a crime because of being affected by either an acute brain injury or an acquired or inherited brain disease? This is called the “brain defense.” In…

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Alcohol Intoxication or Medical Issue?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Alcohol, trauma, or underlying medical condition? The legal limit of blood alcohol content is set by the US Department of Motor Vehicles at 0.08%. However, not everyone presents the same way clinically, as different individuals…

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Auto Brewery Syndrome

Criminal Law, DUI, General MedicalBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is ABS? Auto brewery syndrome is a rare condition in which the gastrointestinal system produces ethanol through fermentation by fungi or bacteria in the gut. Normal digestion does produce some ethanol, but this process…

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The Danger of Microsleep

DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is a Microsleep? Have you ever been sitting in front of your computer and dozed off for a brief second, only to be jerked awake by a head-snap? If so, you have experienced a…

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Anxiety: When Benzo’s Attack

DUI, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Did you Know? Anxiety disorders develop from risk factors such as genetics, brain chemistry life events and personality. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. Approximately 40 million adults age…

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Diabetes Complications – Mimics To DUI?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Diabetes The American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that there are 30.3 million American adults with diabetes. This is approximately 9.4% of the American population.  The ADA also reports that 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with…

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Fentanyl: An involuntary intoxication defense?

Assault, Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

A strange occurrence at a Massachusetts hospital Articles by Forensic Magazine and New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Between 2012 to 2016, fourteen patients showed up at a Massachusetts hospital with a strange problem.  All…

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Are alcoholics really at fault for their crimes?

Assault, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One such etiology is Wernicke encephalopathy. What is encephalopathy? Encephalopathy is a general term describing any disease of…

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Shock in Criminal Cases

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, DUI, Emergency Department, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One such etiology is hypoperfusion. When the blood flow is cut off to the vital organs, the body…

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Hypertension in Criminal Cases

Assault, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Psych/Mental HealthBy Tara Godoy

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One of those etiologies is a condition called hypertensive crisis, or more specifically, hypertensive encephalopathy. If you have…

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What a criminal attorney needs to know about brain injuries.

Assault, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Tara Godoy

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One of those underlying causes is brain injuries, or intracranial processes such as stroke, tumor or traumatic injury.…

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What role does Hypoxia play in Criminal Cases? {Assault/Trauma}

Assault, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Homicide, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

For both prosecutors and defense attorneys, it’s often important to know the defendant’s state of mind to litigate the case. If a defendant has a medical condition or traumatic injury that could result in hypoxia…

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