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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…
On April 17, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision of Missouri v. McNeely. This decision has the opportunity to have a direct impact on Minnesota DWI law in years to come. While the extent of the impact is not yet known, we will be arguing that that this decision could be the death knell for Minnesota’s harsh…
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 a Segway while intoxicated is not…
State Representative Tom Huntley has released a statement that he was arrested early in February on suspicion of driving while drunk and he intends on pleading guilty to the charge. Huntley admitted to being arrested on February 2, according to the Duluth News Tribune. Huntley says he was driving on Highway 6 in the Deerwood area when he was pulled…
Lakeville North High School’s athletic and activities director, 47-year-old Robert Lornez Ertl, pleaded guilty to gross-misdemeanor DWI in Dakota County District Court. This plea comes after Ertl was arrested with a blood alcohol concentration of .13. After entering his plea, the judge immediately sentenced him to a year in jail, but she stayed the sentence for two years and ordered…
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…
So far in December, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety says that there have been 1300 people arrested for DWI. The increase in arrests comes after the Minnesota State Patrol started working overtime in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign in order to prevent drunk drivers from causing injuries to themselves and other drivers…
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…