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The Supreme Court has ruled that police must try to acquire a search warrant from a judge before they order a drunken driving suspect to take a blood test. However, this applies to individuals who may not consent to a blood test at the time they are suspected of drunken driving. The decision was made 8-to-1 in April, making it…
While all States have impaired driving crimes, there are different variations of abbreviations used for them, including DUI, DWI, OWI, OUI, DWAI, and others. One of the problems with using these abbreviations is that people eventually equate “DWI” or “DUI” solely with “driving” while impaired. Many people do not realize that the term “DWI” in most States, including Minnesota, includes…
After drinking a little one night, you see the red and blue lights flashing in your rearview mirror and you worry that you might be in trouble. That’s when you ask yourself if you drank too much to be driving. There is a lot of confusion behind DWI law. Even the name can be confusing since DUI and DWI are…
The numbers are in after the Minnesota State Patrol cracked down on drinking and driving throughout the entire month of December. In the month of December, a total of 2,500 impaired drivers were arrested throughout the state. The number is slightly down from the 2,600 arrests that were made in 2011 due to the statewide crackdown on DWI’s in Minnesota.…
A man who was arrested four months ago for felony drunk driving has once again been charged with felony DUI. This time he has been arrested in Lakeville. 22-year-old Elliot Alexander Williams has been charged with first-degree DWI. If convicted, he faces up to 7 years in prison and $14,000 in fines. The minimum sentence is $4,200 in fines and…
Austin Conley was hit by a Chevy Lumina twice with the first impact knocking him out of his shoes and into the air. The second impact occurred when he came back down and the car hit him again to then drag him down a street in Minneapolis. Conley, 20, was struck on October 27th at approximately 2:50 am. In the…
Minnesota is one of the states being used as a model for possible reform of North Dakota’s DUI law. Here’s a story for you: In 1980 on prom night in Fargo, Leah Eisenhardt, 15, and her friends weren’t able to go because they were too young. Instead, they went to Dairy Queen before heading home for a sleepover. On the…
DUIs are on the rise at the University of Minnesota after being on the decrease for a number of years. However, University police say it is not necessarily due to an increase in drunken driving. What they say it means is that they are starting to catch drunk drivers more often. From 2002 to 2006, the campus averaged 187 DUIs…
Statistics released by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office are showing that drunken-driving deaths in Minnesota were down 40% between 2002 and 2011. While this is great news, there is still a lot of work to be done in order to save more lives. This figure is a part of the agency’s Traffic Office’s release of the drunken-driving data…
As evidenced by the recent story of Randy Travis being arrested after being found intoxicated while lying naked in the street, celebrities, sports stars, and many others in the public eye are not immune to the consequences of their actions when it comes to being intoxicated. Jason Kidd, 39, of the New York Knicks, was arrested in Long Island under…