So if you drove your Segway to a bar, got drunk, and then decided to jump on your Segway and drive it home, is it a crime? Driving a boat or an ATV while drunk is a crime, so where does a Segway fall? In January, the Minnesota Court of Appeals determined that driving...
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Final DWI Numbers Are In For December
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...
Increase in University of Minnesota DUIs
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...
Drunken Driving Deaths in Minnesota on the Decrease
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...
Vikes’ Felton DWI Arrest: New Details Released
When fullback Jerome Felton was found having difficulty maintaining his balance, staggering everywhere due to the consumption of alcohol, he was arrested for DWI in a drive-thru. This is according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s office. Authorities received a call...
Hearing lays groundwork for case challenging Intoxilyzer
Minneapolis — A large crowd of attorneys and people charged with drunk driving met in Minneapolis Tuesday morning to prepare for a statewide court case that could potentially impact hundreds of DWI cases in Minnesota. The case challenges the reliability of the...
Meaney & Patrin are the first attorneys to access and analyze the Intoxilyzer 5000 source code
Meaney & Patrin are the first attorneys to access and analyze the Intoxilyzer 5000 source code for their clients. Our work is featured and discussed in the following article by Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News: Shakopee News “DWI Machine Drama To Be...
Meaney & Patrin are the first attorneys to access and analyze the Intoxilyzer 5000 source code
Meaney & Patrin are the first attorneys to access and analyze the Intoxilyzer 5000 source code for their clients. Our work is featured and discussed in the following article by Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News: Shakopee News “DWI Machine Drama To Be...
Derek Patrin Wins Landmark MN Supreme Court Case
In a decision that will have immediate impact statewide, the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed Derek Patrin’s discovery victory in Dakota County in the matter of State of Minnesota v. Timothy Arlen Brunner. Most prosecutors, judges and even defense attorneys thought...