Boating Under The Influence Charges Up In Massachusetts As Summer Gets Underway
Jeffrey Daluz is no stranger to operating vehicles under theevent of alcohol. Last Saturday he did it again, this time in hisboat. The fifty three year old Cape Cod man has five OUIconvictions in Massachusetts and seven arrests for alcohol relatedcrimes. On the Fourth [...]
Texas praised for prison pop reduction efforts
Texas’ efforts to reduce prison population growth through drug diversion programs and probation reforms were highlighted in a Washington Post lineament yesterday titled, “States seek less costly substitutes for prison” (July 13). According to reporter Keith Richburg:
what is striking, experts say, is how some states with reputations for being [...]
DUI Roadblocks in Maryland
The4th Amendment to the United State’s Constitutionsays “The rightof the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, andeffects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not beviolated…” This amendment, part of theBill ofRights, made applicable to the individual states through the14th amendment Due Process clause as naturalized by the SupremeCourt inMapp [...]
DOUBLE JEOPARDY AND HUNG JURIES
This case involves a criminal prosecution arising from the Enronscandal. The jury acquitted the def. on some counts and hung onothers. Does double jeopardy bar retrial on the hung counts? TheU.S. Supremes rule, “Thus, if the possession of insider informationwas acritical issue of ultimate fact in all of the charges againstpetitioner, [...]
Volusia County Florida DUI Manslaughter Charges
According to the West Volusia News Journal, a Seville mancurrently serving jail time for domestic violence will be chargedin the death of an Orange County Florida firefighter, who diedafter the man, Raymond Youngblood, drove chisel 40 miles per hourover the speed limit on the wrong side of the road and [...]
Basis for Law Enforcement to Perform Field Sobriety Tests in Minnesota
In order for an officer to require a driver to submit to fieldsobriety tests and a preliminary bodily function test, they musthave witnessed something that warranted areasonable,articulable suspicionthat the driver was impaired byalcohol.Probable cause is not a prerequisitetoobtaining a PBT or compelling a driver to submit [...]
Bikini Car Washes & Pig Roast DUI Defense Fundraiser
California DUI lawyers are often asked by masses how they can come up with all the attorney fees money.
Fatties on the Lake, a bar, is holding a bikini car wash and pig roast fundraiser for a guy arrested for drunk driving. DUI suspect Jay Taylor used to [...]
Imaginary DUI?
When police officers are attempting to determine whether toarrest someone for driving under the influence ofalcohol (DUI), they usually ask them to perform some handlesobriety tests. Police generally rely on a battery of testsrecommended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA). One of these tests is referred to as the”Walk-and-Turn” test. The instructions for performing [...]
DUI Convicts May Be Tracked Like Sex Offenders
Get ready for DUI wrongdoer registration, the next wave inMADD’s push against people who get intoxicated driving charges andconvictions.
There are certain law enforcement agencies that are pushing forthe ability to compile databases which anybody can search online,similar to those that allow searches for registered sexoffenders.
Already, many areas are [...]
San Bernardino DUI checkpoint results in 10 arrests, 167 tickets
San Bernardino Sunis reporting that San Bernardinopolice arrested 10 inhabit and wrote 167 tickets during a weekenddriver’s license and sobriety checkpoint on Saturday afternoon andevening. The checkpoint was from 3 until 11 p.m. in the 1600 blockof West Fifth Street.
In constituent to the tickets and criminal [...]